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Re: Music?
I don't like to have music playing when I'm working. I don't really notice it or enjoy it. If I'm going to listen to music I prefer to do nothing but listen to music. Although I do listen to music so…2 -
Re: Coming from where, at what age?
I made my first attempt at type design at age 21 in 1977 (rejected by ITC). In the mean time, I worked variously as an art director, graphic designer, sometimes illustrator, sometimes lettering artis…5 -
Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
Before personal computers, I don't remember teachers insisting on any particular standard "font" for typewritten papers. Generally, there were two options: 10 pitch and 12 pitch, indicating…1 -
Re: Monotype New Contract ...Subscription Model, do the scary maths.
Monotype is obviously pushing a subscription model to compete with Adobe Fonts, which is similar in the sense that you get access to a large library of fonts when you are a Creative Cloud subscriber.…10 -
Re: Late 1970s to Early 1980s typesetting
I remember using tissue paper over a photocopy of the art to spec irregular run arounds, ruling out lines with a pencil to match the line spacing, and then marking where line endings would go on each…7
