Y'know, something that's always bugged me about the iPhone and iPod touch was that they used Neue Helvetica, of all things, for the entire UI. Even the Pixo-based iPod firmwares used Chicago at first (heh), and then Myriad, for their text, and it looked super classy. Apple has a few "signature" fonts that identify with them, like the aforementioned Myriad, Lucida Grande (which, IIRC, they specifically commissioned to be a good readable screen font), and stuff like Garamond if you go back. Considering that, I would've liked to see something with more character on the iPhone OS. It makes me happy to see that Palm at least cares about the typography of their new mobile UI.
@CL - Were you -really- "laughing your ass off"? I'm fascinated to find out what you pinheads are gonna do when iPhone 3.0 is out. What will be your talking points then? I'm definitely not saying the iPhone will be perfect after 3.0, but really, what WILL you haters bash on next? Are you losing sleep at night because your beloved "HA HA HA IT DOESN'T CUT AND PASTE" will be gone?
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I guess Engadget forgot about the readable text on the iPhone and iPod Touc .
Big deal, so the Pre has readable text as well, welcome to 2007.
I smell a hater. Sad because it's not another iPhone-related article? I apologize.
But I think that the main focus is the simple beauty and elegance that this readable font has, rather than it just being readable.
Y'know, something that's always bugged me about the iPhone and iPod touch was that they used Neue Helvetica, of all things, for the entire UI. Even the Pixo-based iPod firmwares used Chicago at first (heh), and then Myriad, for their text, and it looked super classy. Apple has a few "signature" fonts that identify with them, like the aforementioned Myriad, Lucida Grande (which, IIRC, they specifically commissioned to be a good readable screen font), and stuff like Garamond if you go back. Considering that, I would've liked to see something with more character on the iPhone OS. It makes me happy to see that Palm at least cares about the typography of their new mobile UI.
"welcome to 2007"
lmao....from the supporter of a phone that still doesn't have copy and paste support until next month.
@CL - Were you -really- "laughing your ass off"? I'm fascinated to find out what you pinheads are gonna do when iPhone 3.0 is out. What will be your talking points then? I'm definitely not saying the iPhone will be perfect after 3.0, but really, what WILL you haters bash on next? Are you losing sleep at night because your beloved "HA HA HA IT DOESN'T CUT AND PASTE" will be gone?
@Frankfurter
Are YOU losing sleep over the fact that not everybody loves the phone you think about when you touch yourself?
Seriously though, they're just phones, and both the iPhone and the Pre are lame compared to pretty much any phone you can get in Japan right now.