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Archaic Romanian Typefaces - work in progress

2009-04-21T11:39:00.013+03:00

I have found some old books (approx. 1930) that have some interesting old romanian typefaces that I thought I would like to revive.

Arhaic Cali is the first one.

This one is a title of the book that used some of the letters. All the others (in red) I had to create so that they will fit in the same typeface.

Arhaic Geo is the second one.

This is a more geometric, modern one, also based on the archaic romanian typeface. For this one I have only done the numbers.

Please tell me what you think about them.
Thank you.

Friends Typeface

2009-04-21T11:13:00.011+03:00

Some time ago I had to create a Visual Identity for a local club/bar called "Friends' Club". While working on the lettering I thought I should create the whole alphabet and so a new typeface evolved.The whole alphabet is shown below.
I would like to know what do you think about this typeface.
Please comment.
Thank you.

Pinky Flo theme for Chrome and Iron

2008-12-06T12:59:00.009+02:00

A theme I did for Google Chrome, Chromium or Iron.
I have called it Pinky Flo. It's free if you like it, for personal use.

I've been using the Chromium Theme Creator v2 beta. For now it's not very special. I hope to change the images/icons/symbols in the next themes.

I have tested it in Iron, portable version 4.155.0 and it should work in other Chromium based browsers, similar version.

The new themes I have tested are missing icons from the Bookmark Manager window. With the above program I have succeeded to place those images too. So this is a theme for the new versions that include Bookmark Manager.

download

I hope you like it.

Google Chrome, Chromium and SRWare Iron

2008-12-06T12:08:00.026+02:00

For the sites I do I need different browsers to test my pages.
In September 24, 2008 I have discovered and installed a new browser which, at my surprise, load very fast and works perfectly.

What I like the most about it is that the UI (user Interface) is simple and the visual area of pages is bigger, using fully the screen.

For those that haven't tested it: Google Chrome - home site

Another surprise was the SRWare Iron, also based on the Chromium code, but simplified.

At the begining of November I have learned that there are themes and utilities for them. Creator and Changer for themes, ChromePass and Chrome Theme Updater).

A theme that I like is called "e-zone" and you can see it in the above captures.

There is another surprise: there are portable variants for both of them. That is we can take or browser with our bookmarks and password on our USB sticks. Portable SRWare and Portable Google Chrome (there are more updates).

Did I mentioned they are loading very fast? :)

Venice

2008-12-06T11:32:00.007+02:00

In september 2007 I have visited Venice, sent by our university to see the Biennale. On this occasion I took a lot of photos around the city and in the exhibition. Those from the city you can see on my site.

www.florin.reel.ro/venetia

Starting my own blog.

2005-06-02T16:01:00.002+03:00

This is a blog in which I want to gather useful informations from the graphic design domain for web and print.
For those wishing to see my portfolio I invite them to my personal site at: www.florin.reel.ro

I invite you to browse my blog and hope you will return.

Florin