Monday, May 6, 2013

Link Round-Up: May 6, 2013



Interview: Duncan Mitchell, Co-Founder, CEO, and Art Director at Someecards

News: Google Fonts – previously known as the Google Web Fonts project has done a deal with Monotype font service that allows anyone to access its fonts for desktop use all for free! The fonts are delivered by Monotype’s SkyFonts software creating a directory of more than 600 web fonts for the world to use. This quick and easy to access resource is great for designers and web developers who are looking for professional and quality typography for their web pages and applications.

The George Eastman House is producing a series of nicely produced videos, each about 10 minutes long, demonstrating every major technological development in photographic process with guidance from historians, curators, and artists and illustrated by objects from their collection. There are more to come, but you can start now with The Dageurrotype, The Collodion Process, The Albumen Print, The Woodburytype, The Platium Print, and The Gelatin Silver Print.

Heather Dewey-Hagborg uses the DNA found on things like discarded chewing gum and cigarette butts to recreate the faces of the people who left them behind.

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