Google changed its search buttons.

[RubberDucky451]

Did anyone else notice this?

I feel guilty about posting an entire thread about this, but for me it's huge. Sorta...

 

[UppyDownyMouth]

what were they like before?

 

[RubberDucky451]

what were they like before?

Google is a company that pays attention to every little detail, they spent months on picking the shade of blue on their homepage.

Here's the change

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7ZYqYi4xi...4/SzruS1piwMA/s1600-h/new-old-search-next.png

 

[UppyDownyMouth]

I must admit, i think times new roman is very dated by todays standard.
Is it Ariel? Helvetica?

 

[RubberDucky451]

I must admit, i think times new roman is very dated by todays standard.
Is it Ariel? Helvetica?

I'd damn them to hell if their using Ariel. I don't think it's either one, possible verdana? I also know some texts vary depending on what browser you're using.

 

[UppyDownyMouth]

I'd damn them to hell if their using Ariel. I don't think it's either one, possible verdana? I also know some texts vary depending on what browser you're using.

Im personally a big Verdana fan, but im not sure if its not user specified anyway. I think my mac defualts all text to Helvetica

 

[RubberDucky451]

Im personally a big Verdana fan, but im not sure if its not user specified anyway. I think my mac defualts all text to Helvetica

Me too, did you hear about the whole IKEA thing? I prefer futura to verdana but i obviously wouldn't want to read paragraphs of futura.

Yeah it does, Microsoft hired some Europeans to create ariel and practically everyone in the type world hates them for it.

 

[UppyDownyMouth]

Me too, did you hear about the whole IKEA thing? I prefer futura to verdana but i obviously wouldn't want to read paragraphs of futura.

I hadnt no, and i think this is my first outing with Futura. i have to say im pretty impressed, its definitely headline material / poster materiel. Especially in these colours

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_(typeface)

Im been looking for a reference font for my company logo, so far i havent found one i want to start with.

 

[RubberDucky451]

I hadnt no, and i think this is my first outing with Futura. i have to say im pretty impressed, its definitely headline material / poster materiel. Especially in these colours

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futura_(typeface)

Im been looking for a reference font for my company logo, so far i havent found one i want to start with.

I really like it too. I'm surprised to find anyone with typographic knowledge

If you liked futura, check out century gothic and avant garde they're very similar.

 

[UppyDownyMouth]

I really like it too. I'm surprised to find anyone with typographic knowledge

If you liked futura, check out century gothic and avant garde they're very similar.

century gothic is old school now. I use small caps quite a lot and I like Orator Std for that. Calibri is also good in general use, not really paragraphs but Verdana is perfect for so much as is Helvetica

 

[RubberDucky451]

century gothic is old school now. I use small caps quite a lot and I like Orator Std for that. Calibri is also good in general use, not really paragraphs but Verdana is perfect for so much as is Helvetica

I like calibri a lot too, the serifs are really gorgeous. I haven't had much experience with oldstyle fonts like Orator. I've used Baskerville and Trajan though.

 

[UppyDownyMouth]

I like calibri a lot too, the serifs are really gorgeous. I haven't had much experience with oldstyle fonts like Orator. I've used Baskerville and Trajan though.

Trajan looks like serious news. It beongs on the side of a building or something.

What do you do that got you into font types?

 

[Claverhouse]

I also know some texts vary depending on what browser you're using.

Not only that, but visuals vary according to which operating system you are using. Linux distros can be bang up to date, supposing that you are perpetually stuck in the IT department of an Agricultural College in the Year of our Lord 1988.

OpenSuse is very disconcerting out of the box, and I not only install mssfonts --- it's legal --- as soon as possible, but then have to go around setting Times New Roman as the default for practically everything.


Seeing the title, I was thinking you meant the logo which is changed frequently: and the current one seems brilliantly witty to me.

Claverhouse

 

[RubberDucky451]

Trajan looks like serious news. It beongs on the side of a building or something.

What do you do that got you into font types?

I love pointing out Trajan fonts on movie posters to my friends, i always get weird looks. It's overused like Helvetica but it's mathematically perfect.

I just love typography, it's artistic but everything you make needs to be technically sound. It's also very little known to the outside world.

What about you?

@ Claver

Very true, Linux uses some beautiful fonts though. I've never used Linux but the whole open source community is very appealing to me. The barcode one is one of the better ones I've seen.

I followed the image link back and I'm now browsing (I know, I'm amazing)

http://www.intpforum.com/media/

 

[Jesin]

Linux has the best monospace fonts.