Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web.
Read:
Matthew Carter Helps Revive a Masterpiece of 16th-Century Type DesignBuilding on groundwork laid by Carter -- the digital-font guru behind Bistream Inc. and a 2010 MacArthur genius -- Kosofsky used open-font software to resurrect the type for a new edition of The Selected Poems of Yehuda Halevi (Nextbook Press). The book, out this week, is a testament to the power of technology to revive key pieces of typographic history.
Watch:
Know:
- Spotted: 2Pac and Suge Knight play 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2.' [From: tinycartridge]
- Grab the latest Google Chrome beta 10, which brings even better JavaScript processing, hardware acceleration and a brand new (and browsable) settings tab. [From: DownloadSquad]
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