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Re: Neology: a type design experiment in readability
Firstly, I don’t believe that aesthetics in type design is a question of “beauty”. As a craft, drawing-designing a set of glyphs relies on the type-maker’s sense of how best to create even color when…0 -
Re: Neology: a type design experiment in readability
Thanks, WH (Will Hill?) I wasn’t aware of that van Lancker experiment. Same paths of thought, indeed. I’ve often considered producing a face along the lines of your “Font of Babel”, a serif though, k…0 -
Re: Neology: a type design experiment in readability
1. I don’t believe that readability is necessarily a scientist-owned concept, or defined by laboratory tests. It’s not “anecdotal” when type designers have an opinion or express judgement, but profes…0 -
Re: Neology: a type design experiment in readability
Bill, I was replying to your comment that the assessment of type designers as to what constitutes readability is merely anecdotal, and that laboratory testing is needed for confirmation. Scientific t…0 -
Re: Neology: a type design experiment in readability
John, an anecdote is a tall tale told in a pub. That is why the term has been coupled with “evidence” in law and science, to undermine the credibility of statements not supported by hard fact, and bo…0
