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Convert True Type Fonts – Mac .dfont to PC .ttf

Jackson — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:44:58 +0000

This article details using Fondu to convert your Mac true type fonts – which are stored in OS X specific .dfont containers – to the PC friendly .ttf format.

MAC – JustAnswer

The Rise and Fall of a Typesetter : Typo by David Silverman

Jackson — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:59:34 +0000

The Leonard Lopate Show – The Rise and Fall of a Typesetter

David Silverman bought a typesetting company in Iowa, made 4 million dollars, and then lost it all. He tells his saga of failed entrepreneurship in his new book, Typo.

Typo: The Last American Typesetter or How I Made and Lost 4 Million Dollars

Excellent interview by Leonard Lopate on WNYC : http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2007/07/09/segments/81723

Creating a Custom favicon.ico Graphic

Jackson — Tue, 15 May 2007 20:57:06 +0000

A favicon.ico graphic is a 16×16 pixel image, displayed to the left of the URL in the browser address field. It may also be displayed alongside the title in a user’s bookmarks list, or in the history list.

What is this strange ‘.ico’ file format? Truth be known, it’s nothing other than a lowly 8-bit BMP file, renamed with the ‘.ico’ extension. You can create your own easily using Fireworks or Photoshop. Start with a 16×16 pixel canvas in RGB color space at 72dpi. Once it’s to your liking export the image to the root level of your site as ‘favicon.bmp’, using BMP8 as your export format. Then re-name the file with the ‘.ico’ extension and upload.

The final step is linking to the shortcut icon in the source of the page. By adding this code to the head: