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Re: To become a type designer?
No, jump head over heels into the deep waters of type and start with something completely crazy lunatic. You’ll have awesome fun and you’ll be learning anyway. I have no idea what medieval Grimoires…2 -
Re: To become a type designer?
An understanding of the development of letterforms is crucial, sure. That includes the understanding of shape changes during the transition from handwriting to type and afterwards. The very first ‘mo…1 -
Re: Good words for sketching letters
minimum is what I usually start with when I instruct my students on minuscule writing. UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK is what they learn to hate when we practise Capitalis. In fonting my lowercase take-off i…3 -
Re: Names for graphic shapes?
2. Trestix – sounds like an interesting candidate! Good of you to point at that throwing-sticks game. In German we name it Mikado. In English I found jackstraws, spelicans, spillikins, pick-a-stick f…1 -
Re: Names for graphic shapes?
2. This one is more tricky. Trisect, again, seems reasonable to me. However, a check of the term reveals other things and structures: I’m somewhat thrilled about the fact that this suggestive structu…3
