Help me capture the Web Safe Fonts

Ok, first a few prezzys for you. If you haven’t already seen them, check out my list of Web Safe Fonts. These are fonts that are likely to be installed on Windows or Mac machines (or even both) and can be used by Web designers to vastly improve their typographic choices.

The second gift is a newish Firefox add-on that allows you to quickly snap full page screenshots of any Web page. I like this one even over my old stand-by, Paparazzi, because I can take my picture after interacting with the page.

Now for the kick-back. I’m trying to gather graphic font-samples of all of the Web Safe fonts, but I do not have access to a PC running Microsoft Office 2007. I have all of the Mac and cross-platform fonts, but not the ones specific to the Window’s version of Office. I need to get a screen capture of all of these fonts, so that designers can see what they are supposed to look like to make better Web designs.

Can you help a guy out?

Just install the Firefox add-on, point your browser at www.speaking-in-styles.com/web-typography/Web-Safe-Fonts/, snap a shot o the full page (preferably with font- anti-aliasing turned on so it doesn’t look like a pig’s ear) and email me the PNG or JPEG image: jason (a) brighteyemedia.com.

That’s it. It’s that simple.

The first person to send me a complete list of Windows Microsoft Office 2007 fonts will receive my undying gratitude, credit in the list, and a big thanks you in my forth-coming book Speaking In Styles.

Tags: Internet, Typography, Web Design by jason
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I’m working away on my most recent book for Web designers—Speaking In Styles. I just turned in Chapter 6, which puts me just over the half way mark. 

It’s a lot of work, and, to be honest, I could use your help.

Peachpit has started publishing a Rough Cuts version, putting chapters of the book online in PDF format after their first round of editing. This is a book for Web designers, written to demystify how CSS works.

From the intro:

Speaking in Styles targets Web designers, aiming to help them learn the “language” that will be used to take their vision from the static comp to the live Internet. Many designers think that CSS is code, and that it’s too hard to learn. Jason takes an approach to CSS that breaks it down around common design tasks and helps the reader learn that they already think in styles–they just need to learn to speak the language.

If you are not already a Safari Books Online Member, you can get a trial account, and I’m, looking into getting a few free accounts to give away here. Anybody interested?

Tags: Web Design, Writing by jason
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