John Hudson

  • Re: Teaching about the "bone effect"

    Yes, it's an optical illusion, so it needs to be demonstrated, not explained. By the way, it is more pronounced when the straight segments are vertical than when they are horizontal.
  • Re: The letter S

    If you look at where sign painters (or calligraphers) start and finish the spine section, it isn't so different. The key thing is that the left and right extrema of the curves are in a known pos…
  • Re: The letter S

    I long ago realised that the trick to making an S — for me at least — is to completely ignore the middle section until the end, and to concentrate on a mental image of the top and bottom relative to …
  • Re: ₪ serif?

    The new sheqel sign should definitely be coordinated with the style of Hebrew letters and with the numerals in the font. Of course, getting the numerals themselves coordinated with the Hebrew letters…
  • Re: Diversifying TypeDrawers

    I want to draw a bit more attention to the article on privilege to which Elizabeth just linked, because it is really very good: http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/what-is-privilege/
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