The implication that one might earn a right to be coarse by accomplishment is peculiar and I hope not many share the belief. Rudeness is an impairment and it obfuscates value. It's odd one might find… (View Post)
Built up forms are generally lettering. Lettering and writing are indeed different. The difference concerns technique and not the tool. Calligraphy is writing. (View Post)
There is no magical serifness or proportion one might achieve. In certain styles there are indeed systems. Averaging them gets you no closer to exposing them, rather a surplus of data might as well c… (View Post)
@Choz, I've frequently heard that Manutius found Griffo's italic to be laterally compressed and have never seen any evidence that it actually is... or that it was ever Griffo's intention in cutting i… (View Post)
Martin, Baran looks fantastic and I notice that as the weight increases, for the logo, some complicated things begin to effect the kerning, /ver in particular. It also seems that, during the type's l… (View Post)