Screenfont.CAAll about fonts for captions & subtitlestag:screenfont.ca,2009:T2009.08.13-asce2009-08-13T13:39:00-05:00Screenfont.CA2009-08-13T13:39:00-05:002009-08-13T13:39:00-05:00tag:sucks,2009:T2009.ascender-mstypoOld screenfonts report for Ascender & Microsoft now publishedWe’ve <a href="/reports/Ascender-Microsoft/" title="Screenfonts for captioning">now published an old report</a> (from 2006) for Ascender Corp. and Microsoft on screenfonts for captioning. (It was never implemented.)
Screenfont.CA2008-04-01T09:15:00-05:002008-04-01T09:15:00-05:00tag:sucks,2008:T2008.04.01Captioning Sucks! launches<p>
The Open & Closed Project’s new site about captioning quality – <a href="http://captioningSUCKS.com/" title="Captioning Sucks!">Captioning Sucks!</a> – launches. Of course we talk about <a href="http://captioningSUCKS.com/fonts/" title="The fonts suck!">screenfonts</a>.
Screenfont.CA2007-11-19T14:36:00-05:002007-11-19T14:36:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2007:T2007.11.19-hdblueA snippet about HD-DVD and Blu-ray fontsNot that we have much to say about themScreenfont.CA2007-09-20T15:08:00-05:002007-09-20T15:08:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2007:T2007.09.20atypiaSpeaking notes from <acronym>ATypI</acronym> Brighton 200y7 available<a href="http://joeclark.org/appearances/atypi/2007/caption-subtitle/" title="Speaking notes">Speaking notes</a>: “Don’t show <em>printouts</em> to <em>grannies</em> and call that a test.” All about the research flaws of Tiresias. Gives new principles for research into caption/subtitle fonts.
Screenfont.CA2007-08-21T16:51:00-05:002007-08-21T16:51:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2007:T2007.08.21aWe’re presenting at <acronym>ATypI</acronym> Brighton 2007We’re <a href="/fonts/development/ATypI-Brighton/" title="Don’t show printouts to grannies and call that a test: Some scenarios for testing TV screenfonts">presenting at <acronym>ATypI</acronym> Brighton 2007</a>: “Don’t show printouts to grannies and call that a test: Some scenarios for testing TV screenfonts.”
Screenfont.CA2007-05-10T13:08:00-05:002007-05-10T13:08:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2007:T2007.05.10aNew font designers on board
We’ve updated the <a href="http://Screenfont.CA/fonts/development/designers/" title="Participating designers">list of designers</a> working on our new fonts. Yes, it’s still happening, though the herd needed a cull to get us there
Screenfont.CA2006-11-29T14:43:00-05:002006-11-29T14:43:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.11.29aFull critique of typography in the HDTV captioning spec
<a href="http://Screenfont.CA/fonts/today/708/type-critique/" title="What does the HDTV captioning spec say about typography?">What does the HDTV captioning spec say about typography?</a> We have a legitimate copy of the CEA-708-C standard and have reviewed its sections on fonts. It isn’t pretty
Screenfont.CA2006-11-13T17:00:00-05:002006-11-13T17:00:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.11.13aComing clean about our parent project
Now that the <a href="http://openandclosed.org/" title="Open & Closed Project">Open & Closed Project has launched</a> (see <a href="http://joeclark.org/micro/" title="Joe Clark Micropatronage">micropatronage</a>), we can finally come out of the closet and stop saying we are part of “an upcoming project”
Screenfont.CA2006-07-27T14:25:00-05:002006-07-27T14:25:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.06.27aCalling for <em>real</em> caption-font research in the U.K.
We’re fed up with the British and their insistence on uncritically accepting junk science that purports to show Tiresias Screenfont as an acceptable captioning font. So we’re <a href="http://Screenfont.CA/Ofcom" title="Response to Ofcom literature review">asking the U.K. broadcasting regulator</a> to commission its own research – and its own fonts, if need be
Screenfont.CA2006-06-15T16:45:00-05:002006-06-15T16:45:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.06.15T1aDispelling the myth of caption size
<a href="/fonts/today/captionsize/" title="Dispelling the myth of caption size">Dispelling the myth of caption size</a>: Who says captions on an iPod Video would be too small? All the evidence – from <em>real</em> online captioning and by comparison with other media – proves the contrary
Screenfont.CA2006-02-23T14:37:00-05:002006-02-23T14:37:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.02.23T1Design critique of Tioga, the Tiresias clone
<a href="http://Screenfont.CA/fonts/today/Tioga/" id="T20060223-a" title="Tioga, the Tiresias clone">Tioga, the Tiresias clone</a> dissected. Can you believe it doesn’t have an italic <em>either</em>?
Screenfont.CA2006-02-23T14:36:00-05:002006-02-23T14:36:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.02.23T2Fascinating fact of the week: Preferred television viewing distance
We dug up and <a href="http://Screenfont.CA/tech/PVD.php" id="T20060223-b" title="Preferred viewing distances">summarized</a> what is apparently the sole reference for preferred TV viewing distances. Pity they don’t back it up with research
Screenfont.CA2006-02-22T15:52:00-05:002006-02-22T15:52:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.02.22T1Design critique of Tiresias Screenfont available
Finally: Our <a href="http://Screenfont.CA/fonts/today/Tiresias/design/" id="T20060222-a" title="Design critique of Tiresias Screenfont">design critique of Tiresias Screenfont</a>, that oversold, overpriced, near-vapourware font
Screenfont.CA2006-02-14T14:36:00-05:002006-02-14T14:36:00-05:00tag:screenfont.ca,2006:T2006.02.13T1Screenfont.CA: Still undead!
<a href="http://Screenfont.CA/new/#U2006.02.14T" id="T20060214-a" title="What’s new at Screenfont">Yes, we’re still in business</a> – still beavering away on requirements for our first font family, and a design critique of Tiresias is upcoming