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Re: In your opinion, what are the key advantages for an exclusive corporate typeface?
If you buy a bespoke suit from a good tailor, you can get a perfect fit. You bet. Most of those gazillions of typefaces are pretty poor. Filter out the crud, and there might not be that many candidat…1 -
Re: The Eternal Letter: the Book and the Event
Yeah, but John Boardley's already got my money—he's had it since 2013—and I'd kind of like it back. Apparently he's stiffed a number of customers this way. Paul Shaw was very sympathetic, but he does…1 -
Re: Proper way of designing the “@” symbol
So that you can include email addresses in all-caps headlines, or other all-caps text.1 -
Re: Gong—how did they do this?
Maybe something like: 1) Make a negative film of the solid untextured glyphs. 2) Create via ink spatters or similar an overall block of texture and make a negative film of that. 3) Sandwich the two a…2 -
Re: Pre-digital typeface drawings question.
If I'm making letters that need swing and life, with springy, organic curves, I have to start with pencil drawings, medium tight. If a glyph goes dead while being digitized, I may print it out big, w…1
