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Re: What is a contemporary typeface?
Helvetica versus Akzidenz isn’t a huge leap. But Univers versus Akzidenz is huge.1 -
Re: What is a contemporary typeface?
It depends on how one defines humanist types. If Edward Johnston’s railway letters, Gill Sans, and Kabel are humanist sans types then neo-grotesques are the newest major type category. But if the hu…1 -
Re: What is a contemporary typeface?
Nope. An important feature of the original three neo-grots—Helvetica, Univers, and Folio—is orthogonal terminals; that’s generally not found in the humanist sans genre. Neo-grotesques borrow proport…3 -
Re: Ridiculous Sans
You’re mixing metaphors. The curvaceous letters with their deep traps and mid twentieth century ad lettering style feel organic and lively. But the straight letters like k, v,w, y, and z evoke brutal…1 -
Re: 'A typeface a day' week.
It would be good marketing to take your long recordings, cut them down to time-lapse videos, and post them to YouTube.2
