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Re: Vertical metrics strategy for optical sizes
The artwork for the Micro of my Scotch Modern is pretty much the same as for the Normal, but with heavier serifs and stems, and much shorter descenders. (Above—the Micro at left.) But then I enlarged…6 -
Re: Grunge Typography
I referred to the magazine, not the foundry. Distress (“defaced, battered, weathered”) was a general phenomenon, e.g. the European FF Dirty faces (especially Trixie) and Blur. Very few typefaces coul…3 -
Hamburger Button
Although the @ symbol, for instance, was repurposed for internet use, the Hamburger Button (designed by Norm Cox in 1981) is not considered to be a re-use of U+2360, the Trigram for Heaven, and is no…2 -
Re: Contemporary specimen book inspired by the ‘Indie Fonts’ book series
When has any design journalist ever said “not their best work”? Design writing is all puffery—publishers are not going to diss potential advertisers and readers want to hear what’s hot. And designers…4 -
Re: brecveinvertedcomb
That comb is missing a few teeth.1
