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Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
Syntax, Legacy Sans, and Today Sans were pioneers, but they aren’t the dead end of this idea. They approach the concept in very different ways, and I think Christian’s take has merit in its own right…2 -
Re: Width & weight relationships
Retaining the same width between weights is not standard practice (the heavier you get, the more room you need), but it’s not too rare. Identifont and David Sudweeks have lists of such “uniwidth” fam…2 -
Re: Two thoughts about Google after Typographics
No argument with any of that, @PabloImpallari. GF has undoubtedly been a success for Google, and the company knows it. I’m only saying that there are elements of the company, particularly in Design, …1 -
Re: Two thoughts about Google after Typographics
Rob said it twice in his remarks/answers at the lunch. They will always continue to serve fonts previously hosted by Google, but implied that they will be hidden in the Directory. No details about th…2 -
Re: Two thoughts about Google after Typographics
Good questions. I was at the lunch hosted by Rob Giampietro (Google Design) and the Google Fonts team. The new push of investment and energy into GF appears to come from GD finally paying attention t…6