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Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
In conceptual art, the idea is more important than the execution. Applying the same distinction to fonts may not work quite so well, but at least, if the basic idea of the font, its sine qua non, can…2 -
Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
I can’t say whether they are “great” or not, but many of my original typeface designs are based on formal design concepts. For instance: Panoptica is “unicase + monowidth” Bodoni Egyptian: historical…4 -
Re: Is this a Gill Sans Variant?
Yes, it’s Monotype’s “infant” Gill, with the single-bowl /a and /g, which found popularity as an adult face in mid-century-modern France and Germany, being slightly more continental and “Futuristic” …9 -
Re: Thoughts on Monotype and its subsidiaries?
A rhetorical question. Donald Trump is no Teddy Roosevelt, and trust-busting wasn’t on Obama’s radar either.2 -
Re: IJ in a monowidth unicase typeface
It’s enthralling for me as a type designer, like the capital Eszett, even though doing anything other than slapping together the glyphs for I and J makes zero business sense!2
