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MiniFonts HR Range We are now offering some of our most popular fonts in a new format called 'HR'. HR stands for 'High Resolution'. Just like the pixel fonts you see on mobile phones and personal organizers, the grid lines are visible between the pixels. On a computer screen, this is only possible if there are sufficient pixels to render the fine grid lines. Where regular MiniFonts are designed to be used at small sizes, HR fonts have to be set at larger sizes on screen, or for print, where resolution is not a problem. If you want that deliberate 'pixelated' look, possibly animated in a banner ad or Flash movie, or if you're designing a logo or ad that is going to be printed and you want to capture that chunky character, these are the fonts you are looking for. For print, you can use any of the four HR variants 24, 48, 96 or 192 provided with each font style – regular and bold. They can be used at any point size and the only difference you will see from one to the next is the width of the gap separating the pixels. 24 provides the widest gap and 192 the finest. |
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For GIFs, the fonts have to be used at their appropriate pixel sizes (24, 48, 96 or 192) to ensure that the gaps are exactly one pixel. By experimenting with the sizes, you can also adjust the relative thickness of lines to squares – used at 48px, for instance, a HR24 font will give a two pixel gap. So, each size specified is the minimum necessary to achieve a clean, one pixel gap.
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The situation in Flash is slightly different. Like printer fonts, you can use HR fonts at any size if you don't mind them looking 'soft'. If you want to avoid, or minimise, anti-aliasing and have them looking sharp and crisp, there are certain 'sweet' sizes that work better. They are always multiples of 12. 24 - works best at 24, 60, 84 and 120px 48 - works best at 36, 48, 84, 96px 96 - works best at 60, 72, 84, 96px 192 - works best at 120, 192px In Flash, the amount of anti-aliasing can be controlled by the HTML Publish Settings. Set to 'Low Quality', anti-aliasing is switched off and animation runs faster and smoother. We recommend publishing in Low Quality unless there are other elements that need to be anti-aliased. Set at 12px, the pixels merge together giving the same effect as the regular version. HR fonts now available: |
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Further usage tips are given in the ReadMe file included with the fonts. |
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