Nick Shinn · President

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  • Re: Type design hot takes

    It’s likely only problematic for “poly-scriptic” folk such as type designers. I always read the KIΛ logo as KILL, which doesn’t dispose me to travelling in one. There is a coffee shop nearby with the…
  • Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag

    The lettering and layout is fashionably modernist, but when was a top hat a fashion item, and not just for formal occasions? That would be 1930, when Marlene Dietrich wore a tux and top hat in “Moroc…
  • Re: The future of type

    I’ve been exploring the possibilities of alternates and contextuality within OpenType for a while now, and there’s a lot of neat stuff that can be done, but it is starting to feel a bit bogus—if all …
  • Re: The future of type

    I would say the bounce metaphor is more along the lines of positioning Letraset by eye (around Paul at left): or Matisse cut-outs. https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2014/matisse/the-cut-o…
  • Re: The future of type

    I predict that fonts will migrate to become part of layout applications, as parametric (metafont) entities. Eventually. This will shift the focus of interest in typography further away from the reduc…
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