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Re: Brain Sees Words As Pictures
We have the empiricism of the marketplace: release a font and see if it becomes popular. Clearly, those which succeed are the most readable.1 -
Re: Bring back the Off Topic reaction
As a proud and inveterate off-topicker, I look forward to building up my off-topic count. If the OP doesn‘t like that, OK, but why lower my social credit with a totalitarian penalty? Why are we so ke…5 -
Re: Type design critiques should cost some money
Sorry to see James’ departure. I’ve always valued his posts. *** I try to avoid critiquing typeface designs, not because of any parsimony on my part, but because I consider it impertinent to randomly…5 -
Re: On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs
Robert Bringhurst’s system of categorization, detailed in his Style Guide, makes the connection, but with a few loose ends! In other words, type history follows its own course. The “rationalization” …1 -
Re: On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs
“Rationalization” sounds very intellectual, but neoclassicism was an aesthetic style as much as anything—witness architect John Nash’s predilection for stucco, covering the the bricks and blocks of c…3
