One of the most satisfying aspects of Flash for many web designers is the ability to embed type so you can be sure your viewers will see the pages as you designed them. But if you were Matthew Carter, you wouldn’t need to worry about that, because your fonts would already be pre-installed on just about every device capable of running Flash.

Carter is another design visionary we are very excited to have speaking with us at Flashforward 2005 San Francisco.

“A Close-up View of Type” — Matthew Carter, one of the world’s most talented type designers, offers a series of case histories of the origins, processes, and results of his font creation. He examines typefaces designed “speculatively” (Mantinia, Miller), commissioned by clients (Walker, Fenway), and undertaken to solve technical problems (Verdana, Georgia). Ultimately, Carter answers the question he is most frequently asked: “Why new typefaces?”

More about Carter:

• A good interview at fonthaus.
• The Carter & Cone website — not much to it yet but yes, it looks great and yes, it does specify Verdana in its stylesheet.
• A selection of the fonts designed by Carter can be viewed at identifont.

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