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I was just reading a post and someone mentioned offhand a browser that I hadn’t heard of, so I thought I’d share. Shiira is a new open-source product for the Mac based on the Safari rendering engine – details here.
I can only assume that Jon Hicks was involved in the design – look at the logo below, then think about Firefox. I’m not complaining at all – love the fishy logo.
I saw a really interesting presentation at @Media last week, where the panel included Jon Hicks. Jon was responsible for the design of the Firefox and Thunderbird logos. Unfortunately I picked that day to wear a Firefox t-shirt, so ended up feeling like a bit of a groupie, or whatever the equivalent is in geeky circles.
Although this is probably a lifelong undertaking, I’m starting to learn about typography. I find it fascinating how very subtle changes in the structure and shape of a typeface will result in a completely different message being conveyed with the design.
This was demonstrated rather nicely by Jon by putting up the original Sex Pistols poster using a different typeface. The result is very amusing, and makes it very obvious how the correct use of typography in a design will have a massive impact on the impression that people come away with.
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