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Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
Well sleuthed! It just goes to show that using style to date an artefact is no guarantee of accuracy, as historic genres overlap on the time scale. And that’s without revivals. So, just as today ’90s…2 -
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…3 -
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…2 -
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 …2 -
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…1
