Helvetica on Windows
I like Helvetica. It’s a nice san-serif and has its place in many design projects (not as a tramp stamp, though). However, Helvetica looks really bad when rendered in web pages in Windows unless you’re above 18-pt. or so. The only browser where it looks good, of course, is in Safari, because it uses the Mac method of font smoothing. And apparently Macs are the only computers capable of properly rendering Helvetica. Keep this in mind next time you decide to use Helvetica as body type for a web project…
Here’s my blog with Helvetica on Windows 7 in Chrome (click for larger example):
This is 13-pt. The kerning/tracking is wacky and all over the place, and the font smoothing is very uneven and unattractive.
So, I find myself constantly installing and uninstalling Helvetica on my system; installing when I need it for working on a project, and uninstalling when I’m done because it looks like crap in web pages.
Looking up
Strobist Info:
Vivitar 285hv, 1/16 power, camera left, shot through 45” brolly
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikon 50mm f/1.8D
Exposure: 1/80
Aperture: f/2.5
Focal Length: 50 mm
ISO Speed: 200
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8
Exposure: 0.013 sec (1/80)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 26 mm
ISO Speed: 800
I love symmetry
And I love capturing it in my photography. Sometimes it’s easy to spot, and other times the perspective has to be forced. Finding that symmetrical pattern or “center point” of a subject is an exciting challenge to me, and one that pays off in personal satisfaction.
Some recent examples:
