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Nick Shinn
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Re: Pseudo-random distress: a redundancy?
There is a distinction between how lay end-readers react, and type-aware professionals. As a type drawer, you said you would like to see type more cleverly imitating analog media, rather than actual … (View Post)1 -
Re: Options for new type designers?
Ditto that, Mark. Passive income is better than fee-for-service, no matter how hefty, and there is plenty of it in retail fonts. The idea that we should prioritize working for fee is favored by th… (View Post)1 -
Pseudo-random distress: a redundancy?
If the purpose of display type style is, more so than body text, to signify a certain kind of tonality (such as artistic), then ironically, mimicking an “organic” process defeats that purpose, bec… (View Post)5 -
Re: Please list your favorite foreign looking Latin fonts
An image search for “chop suey font” will deliver many! ** I’ve always liked Ernst Schneidler’s Legende of 1937, perhaps because it is more connotative than denotative… subtle and evocative, rather… (View Post)4 -
Re: Phinney’s TheFontDetective.com
The web site appears to be missing a picture of you sporting deerstalker, cape and meerschaum. (View Post)8