1st
November
2004
“Americaís big green highway signs are about to become more legible. Type designer James Montalbano announces that after years of development, the US Federal Government has finally given official interim approval for his Clearview to be used on all Federal roads. The ClearviewHwy site covers some of the extensive research Montalbano has presented at various type conferences. Itís pretty fascinating stuff.”
posted in Typography | Permalink |
1st
November
2004
“Free Ruler is a free screen ruler for Mac OS X. Features: A horizontal and vertical ruler which can be used independently or simultaneously; Measurement in pixels, inches, picas, or centimeters; Automatic alignment of rulers; The ability to group rulers and move them around as a unit; Shadowless rulers with customizable transparency…”
posted in Software/Hardware | Permalink |
1st
November
2004
“Open source content management software sucks. It sucks really badly. The only things worse is every commercial CMS I’ve used. But it really doesn’t have to be that way. I did some research recently at OpenSourceCMS.com — a fantastic site that lets you play with dozens of CMS installations — and left pretty depressed. What I experienced was obtuse and complex software that was packed with gratuitous features at the expense of usability and user experience.”
posted in Content management | Permalink |
