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Re: Recommended Type Design and Typography Books
Well, he had my from the start: And he does lay down a classic, traditional position, which is useful if only to have something substantial to rebel against. That’s why Neville Brody went to the Lond…1 -
Re: Recommended Type Design and Typography Books
Robert Bringhurst’s book is valuable for its gravitas and sophistication—in the way that it is planned, written, designed and typeset. It contributes a tone of dignity to typography that works such a…2 -
Re: TypeDrawers diversity postmortem postmortem
Cantankerous is an epithet oft applied to old folks, but they also say that one mellows with age. Go figure. I had a lot of nasty bantering with Hrant Papazian on Typophile, but we are quite friendly…3 -
Re: Casual-Users and the Font Market: An Interview with Type Designer Laura Worthington
Sloop 1, 2, 3 is actually a very practical method. For instance, the typographer may set the same text in three successive lines, in the three fonts as reference, and in a fourth working line in whic…1 -
Re: Casual-Users and the Font Market: An Interview with Type Designer Laura Worthington
She is well known for her scripts, but her body of work is more diverse than most.2
