We now provide a complete listing of the YWFT Type Foundries. We leave no stone unturned when finding the absolute best type foundries in the world. But don’t take our word for it — let the numbers speak for themselves. YouWorkForThem currently (December 9, 2011) showcases the work of 128 foundries, from 27 different countries, each one hand-picked. If you’re looking for the best type in the world, look no further.
Along with this new page listing, we updated the Designers listing as well with new sorting features.
Last week we updated our site with dozens of new features like TypeBrowser™ and the new Mobile Font Licenses. Another one of these updates was a little hidden gem, AutoSuggest. Now when you begin typing a few characters into the search box (top right of our shop, not this blog) the form will begin to suggest what items you may be looking for. This could be products, particular foundries/designers or even product sub-sections.
For example, typing ‘St‘ will find the 10 most popular products, 6 foundries/designers and 3 product sections that all start with those letters. Another little secret, if you can remember the product SKU* number, simply type the 5 digit number into the search box and our system will find the product for you!
*SKU numbers are the 5 digit codes you will find on each particular product page in the URL, for example the SKU for YWFT Agostina is T0207. You can also find the SKU number on any images you might save from the slide shows, for example T0207_00.jpg is the cover image for the YWFT Agostina slide show.
Hey there everyone! You will be happy to know we’ve just updated our site, and you’ll notice some changes that we hope will make your experience smoother and faster. Most importantly, we’ve removed any sort of expiration date on your purchases. You can now re-download anything you’ve purchased, forever. This even includes purchases made prior to this posting. We’ve also removed a lot of old code and considerably increased the speed of the products pages, as well as redesigned the cart and the checkout pages. Cheers!
Cumulus & Foam, the most beautifully grotesque font of our time. After many years of fine tuning and development, Stefan Kjartansson’s (designer of Black Slabbath) magnificent monster is now available for you to purchase. In honor of this very special occasion, all orders for the complete family will receive a copy of the book above for FREE! No additional shipping fees, it’s completely free! Read more…
Some of you may already know, but we have been developing and maintaining a little image blog/community called Buamai since late 2008. We recently did a little spring cleaning on the code and layout of the site, making for a much easier and quicker experience when searching and browsing for images. Also, be sure to check out the iPhone app if you enjoy the site. At only 99 cents, app purchases help us raise funds to continue working on the site and keeping it alive.
Word of warning, some images might not be safe for work (nsfw).
Noticed today the people from Creative Applications have a Vimeo channel, and it sure is full of some gems! Dig through the channel for loads of visual inspiration posted by numerous Vimeo members.
CNN just posted a iphone app on itunes, and its getting quite the stir of attention right now. They really revamped the idea of a news app for the iphone, with saving articles, live video* and the iReport features built into the app. I think the price is fairly nice, $2 for such a large amount of app development work and a nice app is a pretty good deal. BUT….it has ads, and when you read the reviews on itunes, its like a wild witch hunt right now. CNN, people do not like paying for an app, then getting ads. I know where you are coming from with this, cough cough business model. CNN, ads in a pay app is a no-no, and you just pissed off thousands of people in the first week of launch.
Second, what in the world is with the news articles being white text on a black background? Its bad, backwards and hard to read. Next update, give me articles on a white background or at least the option. I posted a quick mockup (invert) of the way the article SHOULD be read, black text on white. For the love of god, fix this, right now I don’t even want to read the articles. This is a news app, not a twitter app.
Everyone seems to love some tiltshift style photos, so of course there is now an app for the iphone. By the same creators of Quadcamera & Toycamera. They also have this free version you can use online via flash.
All around nice guy, and super talented Erik Natzke is having a solo show in Toronto, starting today. If you are in the area, I am sure its well worth the visit. Details at Function13 or Facebook
Typically I am not a fan of Flash websites anymore, but sometimes I change my mind. This new site, Thinking Space, designed by Hi-Res! changed my mind today, I like it. Very interesting interface and effect on the images.
