design

What the Font?

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If you’ve ever seen a logo and wanted to know the font What the Font is here to save your day. It’s not something that happens often but occasionally you’ll see one and want to use the same styling and it’s a pain to find. With What the Font It’s a simple 3 step process.

  1. Upload (From Disk or URL) an image containing the font you wish to identify.
  2. What the Font will identify the letters in the image and attempt to guess what letters they are.
  3. If any are incorrect (or in some cases not a letter) you simply need correct them and click Search.

That’s it!

You’ll get a list of matching fonts which you can click on to get more details including:

  • Font Samples (at many sizes)
  • Character Mini-Map
  • List of Available Versions
  • Option to Buy (in some cases)

Carbon-Free Stackable Cars

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Carbon-Free Stackable CarI recently ran across an idea from MIT students for Carbon-Free Stackable Cars. The idea is to simply extend the range of public transportation. Public transportation typically only allows travel to the most common places. Often your real destination is off the beaten track. If that’s the case and the distance is too great people will often choose private transportation instead. This idea attempts to close that gap.

This reminds me of ZipCar in Boston. They leave cars in residential neighborhoods and allow you to reserve them online. You simply walk to it and pick it up to make use of it by the hour or the day. There’s no attendant and no complications. It’s simply a service you use at your convenience.

The fact that the cars are Carbon-Free is a huge bonus. Since the idea is to travel just small distances it seems like the plugin electric idea is a great fit. I can’t wait to see something like this put into place.