Nick Shinn · President

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  • Re: R.I.P.

    Don’t write off the appendix just yet—there are several theories as to its usefulness, even if these are secondary to its original function. For a typographic analogy, consider the @ symbol and #. A …
  • Re: R.I.P.

    Greenlandic K. All the boxes and arrows in WGL4. *** The danger of omitting such unnecessary characters is that some bright spark writing a layout app (or font manager) might decides that fonts won’t…
  • Re: Tabular figs in bold+ weights

    I usually try to equalize tab figure width across as many weights as possible, certainly the mid-range which might be used for body text—the classic example being financials in annual reports. But fo…
  • Re: Richard: A Dutch text face

    Jasper, I second Stephen’s opinion. I, for one, have commented on Frutiger/Myriad and Gotham/Proxima, but in general type designers do not throw their peers under the bus. That is why you may have th…
  • Re: Richard: A Dutch text face

    Put your images on iCloud, and link to them there. You should change how you get inspiration. Go for the idea, not the execution, and as James M says, don’t look at other people’s work! (Or if you do…
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