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Last week there was a rather problematic issue when I tried to clone the display to two monitors. The display card, unfortunately, is ATI X600, a rather outdated piece IMHO but I could do nothing about it.
The goal was to clone the display to a TV, which Windows XP refuses to recognize as monitor, if XP ever recognized it at all (it didn't show up in the hardware list).
At first I didn't install ATI Catalyst Control Center, only fooled around with XP display settings. I discovered that it works with another standard monitor, but I could only extend the desktop onto it. And the TV just kept showing "no signal". Then I installed ATI Catalyst Control Center and tried to clone the display to TV, but even the Control Center didn't recognize the TV, while it recognizes a standard monitor.
The final solution, or workaround:
- Connect to TWO standard monitors, make sure the Control Center recognizes both.
- Set the display to CLONE MODE. Apply settings.
- Simply unplug one of the two monitors and plug in the TV. TV should be showing the same thing as the monitor.
Later I found out that if you restart, even with the TV plugged in, the Control Center will not recognize the TV. So every time you restart you have to go through above 3 steps again. But logging off is OK.
I am very exciting to be an owner of a Chanel two-tone sneaker, to experience its "semi-handcrafted" and extraordinary quality. The smooth leather (white) is unexpectedly soft, and of course the patent leather (black) is hard. The shoelace is a bit too long, though. This shoe has a small heel, and looks better from behind than front. It makes you feel very feminine, and with the rebellious style of Coco Chanel.
It also comes with an illustrated user manual that I found very amusing. Below are the illustrations.
A collection of funny, and sometimes true, sayings in the form of "Language X is essentially language Y under conditions Z". Link
English is essentially a bizarre dialect of Chinese, pronounced
entirely in the first tone. —John Cowan
Cat is essentially Dog spoken while chasing a piece of string. —jmallett
One thing about sanserif letters is that they seem fairly easy to construct, and require minimum effort to modify. However during the process of designing capitals for Veronica I quickly discovered that the above claim is not true.
The low contrast of sanserif letters only created more problems, the most obvious one being congestion, and not to mention the change in proportions. I found that modern sanserif typefaces rarely use classical proportions, except for geometric sanserif.
I consider modern sanserif typefaces mostly as "squarish", for example Unit, Neo Sans, Tabular and Klavika. They are modern, but seem to me a bit colourless due to their mono-proportion, especially Klavika, which I consider more like a display typeface, like Infinity(see the image at left). Soho gothic is also squarish and modern, no less appealing than any other sanserif I mentioned earlier.
Geometric sanserif seems easier to design because of their simplicity in proportions, you could almost calculate mathematically how wide a letter should be, and the amazing device "Plaque Découpée Universelle" for constructing mono-width lettering, which I found to be a great idea for programming.
The pursue of "simplest form", or the essence of letters should not end with sanserif; we are living in a "modern" era, in which minimalism is making everyone stupid. One may conclude that when sanserif first came out, the name grotesque is actually an appropriate name.
The low contrast of sanserif letters only created more problems, the most obvious one being congestion, and not to mention the change in proportions. I found that modern sanserif typefaces rarely use classical proportions, except for geometric sanserif.
I consider modern sanserif typefaces mostly as "squarish", for example Unit, Neo Sans, Tabular and Klavika. They are modern, but seem to me a bit colourless due to their mono-proportion, especially Klavika, which I consider more like a display typeface, like Infinity(see the image at left). Soho gothic is also squarish and modern, no less appealing than any other sanserif I mentioned earlier.
Geometric sanserif seems easier to design because of their simplicity in proportions, you could almost calculate mathematically how wide a letter should be, and the amazing device "Plaque Découpée Universelle" for constructing mono-width lettering, which I found to be a great idea for programming.
The pursue of "simplest form", or the essence of letters should not end with sanserif; we are living in a "modern" era, in which minimalism is making everyone stupid. One may conclude that when sanserif first came out, the name grotesque is actually an appropriate name.
"ITC Garamond looks like a typeface with bell bottoms. All the
proportions are wrong - when it bends down, you can see its butt
cheeks."
------Erik Spiekermann
via link
------Erik Spiekermann
via link
The opentype typeface Libertine has a beautifully drawn capital eszett: link. The form is based on Andreas Stötzner's proposal (Signa Nr.9).
But I still prefer the "double S" solution when designing small caps, because so far I haven't seen any forms that are not so obtrusive among caps. I would also adjust the kern between the double S to distinguish them from true "SS".
Update: A How-To on drawing capital eszett: download .pdf file
But I still prefer the "double S" solution when designing small caps, because so far I haven't seen any forms that are not so obtrusive among caps. I would also adjust the kern between the double S to distinguish them from true "SS".
Update: A How-To on drawing capital eszett: download .pdf file