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Re: Starting out with Google Font
For me, the point of designing your own typeface is to design your own typeface. If that feels too daunting, you may be asking yourself more than you care to deliver. Your heart should be enough in t…3 -
Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
Univers, on the other hand, is a monowidth sans-serif typeface I would add that Univers has noticeably more contrast than Helvetica. This was a great distinction in the 60s and made it a landmark typ…1 -
Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
The question I ask is "better at what for what purpose?" Type users chose a type for a given job, not a popularity contest. The proof is in the purpose of usage.2 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Smallcaps are a tool that can be used well or abused, or even ignored. We cannot make up for the skills of the user. We can only do a good job in making them available for those who need them. It is …3 -
Re: Free fonts are good→free fonts are bad
It is not only about the ability to read messages, it is about the properties the message takes on in order to be attended to by the target audience--and indeed to convince the reader that the messag…1
