Punched Out Font

I’m nominating the Pixie Mate logo as logo of the month for July. It’s classy and timeless, with a hint of 50s styling.

In the past year or two I’ve met a couple of people who only know of two or three fonts. They’re usually the old school fonts and come in one of these flavors: Garamond Helvetica Times And, if they’re being brave they’ll live with Arial or Verdana.

I like how ChaCha’s search input field has a bit of margin. That’s a nice touch.

If you haven’t been paying attention, you may have missed learning about Font Squirrel. Here at Tornado we’re big fans of the site. It is quickly becoming one of the best sources of high quality fonts on the web — and free ones, too. They recently released @Font-Face Kits, which is a tool that allows…

Text set in lower case is more legible than text set all in upper case (capitals), presumably because lower case letter structures and word shapes are more distinctive. — The Wikipedia article on Typography

I thought this ad was really neat, it’s for Del Monte Pinapple Juice and I found it on this Flickr set showcasing vintage beverage ads.