Font of the Month
MyFonts.com is showcasing a picture font called SubiktoTwo™. Picture fonts are just what the name implies: images or icons converted into fonts so that they can be inserted into text at various sizes and colors without extensive retouching. In the case of SubiktoTwo, the pictures are of flowers and plants:

In this example, the characters spell "Fire Ant." (But, of course, you knew that.)
It's particularly easy to generate larger images without dealing with pixelation, so picture fonts are useful in graphic design projects. The background image of this post is the character associated with the letter "G," enlarged, recolored and with a drop shadowed applied via Photoshop, and is an example of one such use (although I actually cheated and processed a graphic of the font rather than using the font itself because, frankly, I'm too cheap to spend $25 just so I can post this for free).
Yeah, it's not the sort of thing I'd use very often. I just don't have that much call for floral graphics.
Posted by: Eric at December 18, 2007 01:55 PM
I like it but I don't think I'd pay for it :).
Posted by: Rach at December 18, 2007 01:03 PM