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Re: Is Adobe Originals closing down?
I often tell type tourists (like big co executives ;) that one has to be extremely picky in temperament to be a professional type designer, to care passionately about tiny details that are impercepti…8 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
Notes& Transcript @ Google Docs Video @ youtu.be/6vgasFvF1VA TLDR, David Berlow explained how he seeks to make optical size typographic color even over a waterfall, and Simon Cozens will explore …2 -
Re: How to assess what optical size(s) a given type style is intended for?
And perhaps then the darkness can be related to the em size vs pt size, since you want an even color across a type specimen waterfall: This image by David Berlow demonstrating how Font Bureau achieve…1 -
Re: Type Engineering: How to get into it?
Simon's recent BITS/ATypI talks, and Rosalie Wagner's talks, on font engineering, are worth tracking down on YouTube.6 -
Re: Academic Research on Type Design Methodology
I do not believe conventional UX design thinking models can be directly applied to custom type design briefs, because I believe (perhaps incorrectly, I admit) that they are intended to involve a wide…4