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  • Re: Type design hot takes

    Stephen ColesStephen Coles
    Ray, I totally disagree with all your takes (except 2 in most cases), and I love this thread idea! Here's one: Much of Zapf’s type is technically impeccable but really boring. His best is Book, Inter…

  • Re: Pixel typefaces

    Stephen ColesStephen Coles
    @"Jonathan Fabreguettes" Thanks for reminding me about Zuzana’s bitmap sketches. Here is a closer look, along with marked proofs for the fonts that would later become Lo-Res. When Emigre do…

  • Re: Pixel typefaces

    Stephen ColesStephen Coles
    Around 1998–2003 Matthew Bardram’s Atomic Media was a pretty popular source for pixel fonts, including designs by Susan Kare and Miguel Hernández.

  • Re: Old Hand-Painted Signs in French

    Stephen ColesStephen Coles
    A few collections of French signs: * Jules Vernacular blog by Jack Usine, an oldie but a goodie * Pascal Duez on Flickr * French signs on Fleurs Coiffeur Liquour. Some of my favorites collected from …

  • Re: Photo Typeface?

    Stephen ColesStephen Coles
    In our research for Fonts In Use, we’re learning that “photostat typography” was more common than I realized. By the 1960s, many designers used stat cameras to shoot specimens or alphabets, using the…
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