Apps for Type Nerds

Check out these 2 apps for total type nerds that SwissMiss posted this week.

Kern is a game or as they describe it:
KERN is a minimalist typography experience challenging you to precisely place a missing letter into a falling word while avoiding any unnecessary ligatures!  Practice and prove your typographical acumen with a score that gives new meaning to point-size!

What the Font is the Shazam of type:
For those of you who have already used the existing web-based version of WhatTheFont will be familiar with the general concept: upload an image of a font in use and  will identify which font it is. With the iPhone version you can use the phone’s built-in camera to photograph the text in question (or choose an existing image from your photo albums). The app allows you to crop the image, focusing on only the important parts before uploading. After confirming which characters are used in the image, the app provides a list of possible matching fonts.

If you are as nerdy I as I am, you will have downloaded both before you even finish reading this post! [via SwissMiss]

Posted on: Feb 16, 2009 at 5:57 PM