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‘nother nice font site

urbanfonts.png
www.urbanfonts.com

I have to admit it, I’m a sucker for a free font site. Even though I’ve used three or four fonts exclusively for the last 20 years. I’m always tempted by the fantasy of how I could use a new typeface. As font sites go, this one has a pretty decent ui and is reasonably fun to gawk around on.

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Firebug – Web Development Evolved

Firebug – Web Development Evolved

This looks pretty cool.

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‘nother cool color tool

whatitscolor.com

A tool that will let you upload a picture and then it will figure out the dominat colors and given you them so that you can design around it. Very useful!

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speaking of after effects and typeography

I’ve been thinking of the jumpy text thing that everyone was doing for a while. So, a few minutes with the wiggler and some animation presets later and…

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typography links

courtesy of John Nack

Type is a critical part of digital media, and it is important for motion designers to have an understanding, here’s some links to check out:

The Type For You Blog
15 tips to choose a good text type
Pinups done with type

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Load o’ Links

APE – An actionscript physics engine
Search Free Fonts – non-sucky free/pay font site
A set of free icons useful for your flash or web apps
Fonts for flash, pixel fonts

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