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Re: Just curious... do you enjoy drawing the thin or black masters more?
I’m going to say neither. I most enjoy designing whatever I think is going to be most useful, which is generally the middle-range weights. I can see the attraction of the fad for pushing every type d…6 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
I believe a real solution lies in technology, similar to what happened with cypherpunks and coding in the 90s, but I don't want to change the topic. On the other hand, having a place to talk is …3 -
Re: Just curious... do you enjoy drawing the thin or black masters more?
I hate drawing all of them.4 -
Re: Just curious... do you enjoy drawing the thin or black masters more?
I enjoy both in different ways. Thin is far more easy so you get speedy results and the pleasure to see things quicly ready. Black is difficult, but more rewarding every time you achieve a good desig…2 -
Re: Just curious... do you enjoy drawing the thin or black masters more?
Black is a horrible chore, when it comes to figure variants and characters such as ampersand and Eszett—and that’s just Latin. A big problem is characters that don’t have a consistent angle of stress…2 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
While I am no longer associated with the Type Directors Club (TDC) during my 20+ years with the organization the issue that kept coming up, but no one was able to accommodate, was the deep desire to …1 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
Andreas, I think one can totally agree with the gist of your first paragraph, yet come to different conclusions. I think those are exactly the reasons that some people feel the need for (other-than-l…3 -
Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
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Re: For the creation of an International Association of Type Designers. Post your proposals here.
Thomas and John, I see your points and I tend to conclude. But what actually could it be? I have not read a compelling idea about that so far in this conversation (or I missed something).A sort of ‘a…1 -
Re: type critic: "Wollner" a neo-grotesk (neo grotesque) sans-serif inspired by Alexandre Wollner
Neue Montreal has "the spirit of a display font". That may be a reason why its spacing is very tight. What is the intended use of your typeface? If it is not a display font, I would stick n…1
