Don’t you feel sometimes that the ‘e’ in Twitter doesn’t quite fit the rest of the characters? let alone the weird difference between the first ‘t’ and the rest of the word. Well, Masayuki Sato states in this Flickr entry that the ‘twi’ and ‘r’ were type using his font, Pico-alphabet, which he released back in 2001.
Masayuki Sato has a lot of typefaces available for download at his site, mostly handwritten fonts, display fonts and even some dingbats.
Wow, I just noticed those differences.
Never really noticed ’till you pointed them out!
Interesting.
and what about the slopes on the bottom left of each t in “tt”?
Very interesting. I had wondered what they used for a while…
Actually, I never noticed the difference in the words! Mainly because the word “Twitter” is quite nice and flows. 😛
-Michelle
P.S Your blog had been nicely designed!
Despite the fact that I noticed the difference between the e and the rest of the word, it wasn’t until I found that image separating the two tt from the rest that I noticed the awkward slopes 🙂
Nice Post and good Blog!!!
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wow.. you really paid a lot of attention to detail.. good job on finding out bout this!
Wow, I never noticed that until you pointed them out! I wonder if anyone else has!! You must have paid a lot of attention.
@ Elliot: Yes you are right about the slopes in the “tt” of Twitter. I’ve noticed them too.
The T looks like “hi” (the sound) in Japanese katakana. Maybe Sato was intending the double meaning, maybe just a coincidence…
humm but Masayuki Sato designed the typeface, not the logo, but yes, you’re right, the first t looks like Hi in katakana
Very interesting. I had wondered what they used for a while…
Great stuff!!
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