Chicago Web Design » eric http://blueprintds.com Design and Marketing implemented the right way. Mon, 12 Jul 2010 16:00:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Web-safe fonts or fonts common to Mac & Windows http://blueprintds.com/2009/01/06/web-safe-fonts/ http://blueprintds.com/2009/01/06/web-safe-fonts/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:18:38 +0000 eric http://blueprintds.com/?p=1033 Many of our clients request fonts for their web site that just simply will not show up on the majority of computers due to the viewers computer simply not having the font loaded. Below is a list of “web-safe” fonts that will insure your site to be viewable and appear consistently with almost all viewers to your site.

Windows fonts / Mac fonts / Font family
Normal style Bold style
Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif Arial, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif
Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif Arial Black, Arial Black, Gadget, sans-serif
Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive Comic Sans MS, Comic Sans MS5, cursive
Courier New, Courier New, Courier6, monospace Courier New, Courier New, Courier6, monospace
Georgia1, Georgia, serif Georgia1, Georgia, serif
Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif Impact, Impact5, Charcoal6, sans-serif
Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace Lucida Console, Monaco5, monospace
Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif Lucida Sans Unicode, Lucida Grande, sans-serif
Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino6, serif Palatino Linotype, Book Antiqua3, Palatino6, serif
Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif
Times New Roman, Times, serif Times New Roman, Times, serif
Trebuchet MS1, Helvetica, sans-serif Trebuchet MS1, Helvetica, sans-serif
Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif Verdana, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif
Symbol, Symbol (Symbol2, Symbol2) Symbol, Symbol (Symbol2, Symbol2)
Webdings, Webdings (Webdings2, Webdings2) Webdings, Webdings (Webdings2, Webdings2)
Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats (Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2) Wingdings, Zapf Dingbats (Wingdings2, Zapf Dingbats2)
MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif MS Sans Serif4, Geneva, sans-serif
MS Serif4, New York6, serif MS Serif4, New York6, serif
  • Georgia and Trebuchet MS are bundled with Windows 2000/XP and they are also included in the IE font pack (and bundled with other MS applications), so they are quite common in Windows 98 systems.
  • Symbolic fonts are only displayed in Internet Explorer, in other browsers a font substitute is used instead (although the Symbol font does work in Opera and the Webdings works in Safari).
  • Book Antiqua is almost exactly the same font that Palatino Linotype, Palatino Linotype is included in Windows 2000/XP while Book Antiqua was bundled with Windows 98.
  • These fonts are not TrueType fonts but bitmap fonts, so they won’t look well when using some font sizes (they are designed for 8, 10, 12, 14, 18 and 24 point sizes at 96 DPI).
  • These fonts work in Safari but only when using the normal font style, and not with bold or italic styles. Comic Sans MS works in bold but not in italic. Other Mac browsers seems to emulate properly the styles not provided by the font.
  • These fonts are present in Mac OS X only if Classic is installed.

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Our latest projects will be displayed via our header on the front page follow by a more comprehensive information on all of our work located in the portfolio section.

Look for us in the year 2009 to release more wordpress plug ins, wordpress themes and tutorials and don’t forget to come back and check out blog often.

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]]> http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/frank-t-scarpino/feed/ 0 A Urban Productions http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/a-urban-productions/ http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/a-urban-productions/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:47:20 +0000 eric http://blueprintds.com/?p=716 http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/a-urban-productions/feed/ 0 Ma & I http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/ma-i/ http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/ma-i/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:46:56 +0000 eric http://blueprintds.com/?p=714 Ma & I, located just south of Millenium Park in Chicago’s Loop, meets the demands of todays on-the-go health conscious customer in a relaxed atmosphere that reflects the Thai people and culture.

]]> http://blueprintds.com/2008/12/15/ma-i/feed/ 0 Top Web Design Links for September ‘08 http://blueprintds.com/2008/09/29/top-web-design-links-for-september-08/ http://blueprintds.com/2008/09/29/top-web-design-links-for-september-08/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:43:50 +0000 eric http://blueprintds.com/?p=627 Here’s a list of link of sites we seen in September:

http://outlawdesignblog.com/2008/30-websites-that-feature-a-hand-drawn-style/
“In the past 5 years we ’ve seen an increasing trend of designers using a hand drawn style on their websites. Here are some great examples of the use of a hand drawn style in web design.”

http://www.smashingapps.com/2008/09/10/39-masterpieces-of-creative-advertisements.html
“I believe that strong advertisement is a fastest way to convey the message to the audience and if they are attractive as become inspiration for others so it ’s more useful. Sometimes they are just an advertisement but some companies works very hard to make their promotional / advertisement campaign very unique, striking and successful.”

http://justcreativedesign.com/2008/09/09/top-7-most-overused-techniques-elements-used-in-graphic-design/
This is a great list of over used design techniques. “Is all design looking the same too you? Are you following graphic design trends subconsciously?”

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13515_3-10046206-26.html?part=rss
Twitter got a face lift.

http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-ruin-a-web-design-the-design-curve
“ As a professional web designer I’ve noticed a consistent trend in the majority of the projects I’ve worked on: The more time that is spent dissecting, analyzing, and critiquing a design by the wrong kinds of people the worse that design gets. The same trend applies to the number of people involved in the design process.” 

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Makes me think of a Kayne West concert. An awesome display of Lights and Fireworks non the less. The olympics begin tonight on NBC.

The photographs are pretty amazing.

Click below to view the gallery.

Photos provided by Getty Images and the Beijing 2008 site.

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8bitweapon.com


ymck.net


8bitklubben.dk


adventurekid.se


http://www.mixinc.net/atari/


http://www.geocities.com/paulranday/8bit/8-bit.html

Do you know any more 8-bit sites? Link us in the comment section and we’ll add it.

real 8bit stuff:

http://uaddit.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=702

8bit bkg:

http://www.abc64.de/backgrounds/index1024.html 

8-bit wordpress theme:
retromactheme.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk

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