A year of Silverlight....

Still it's October... but this year seems I am all over Silverlight.
It's a fate that somehow, as Endy said, I have my busiest year so far. Just because of this new WPF, Expression Studio and Silverlight... me, a Hong Kong interactive designer, have to learn all new stuffs again and travel to Shanghai and Beijing. Amazing, hah?!
No doubt there's more to come! The roller coaster ride seems it's not gonna to stop.
And it seems, I'm the only Hong Kong designer doing this thing at the moment....

F30 - a book that I really wish to get hold of...

I got to know this new book from PPaper magazine (taiwan), "F30: 30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime"... from the cover there's the list of 30 fonts mentioned, namely:

• Avenir (This is Club Med official fonts for most copy)
• DIN (designer's favourite, UTS DAB official font)
• Fruitger (a classic)
• Futura (another classic)
• Gill Sans (of couse)
• Helvetica (what? You never heard of it??)
• Meta (my idol Erik Spiekermann's classic)
• Univers (really universal)

As a font freak, get to know your font and apply the best suitable typeface for your work is essentials. Typography is how I judge a designer with a keen eye or not. That's why I really would like to buy a copy asap.

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