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Why We Still Need Hand Hinted Fonts 19 Jan 2013 | 01:37 am
One of the few newsletters I subscribe to is the MyFonts email newsletter. The not-too-often format keeps me current on their top selling fonts, and gives me access to interviews with up-and-coming ty...
The New Everyday Type 17 Dec 2012 | 11:14 am
This blog has now been around for just over two years. The very first post was November 24, 2012. Since then, it has gone through two design iterations, and this has been by far the most stripped down...
Higgs Type: A Modest Proposal 7 Jul 2012 | 03:31 am
If you’ve been following the news, you’ve no doubt heard of the discovery of the famed Higgs boson by Franco-Swiss nuclear research organization CERN. But the issue that unfortunately received a rival...
Interlink Conference 2012: My Wrap-Up 19 Jun 2012 | 03:24 am
I’ll be honest. My expectations were high. Quite high. Last year’s Interlink Conference was a spectacular showing for the debut of the colloquiam; from the speakers to the hospitality to the organizat...
The Bygone Virtuosos, or Linotype: A Review 9 Mar 2012 | 07:30 am
Like many exciting and inpsiring projects in the design community these days, Linotype: In Search of the Eighth Wonder of the World began as a Kickstarter project. Director Doug Wilson was successfull...
Book Review: Typography for Lawyers 12 Jan 2012 | 06:45 am
Editor’s Note: Matthew Butterick graciously sent me this book at my request a number of months ago. I had wanted to review it, and was excited to help get the word out about a great addition to the ty...
Letters to a Young Student 6 Jan 2012 | 06:39 am
I remember the first time I read Rainer Marie Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet. It was recommended to me by a dear writer friend of mine, and I distinctly recall it changing the way I viewed the creati...
Grids & Emotion: My Response to Khoi Vinh 12 Nov 2011 | 01:32 pm
I want to begin this post with a hefty congratulations to Khoi Vinh, former Design Director for nytimes.com for his release yesterday of his long-awaited startup, Mixel. It looks as beautiful as it do...
Kerntype, The Kerning Game 11 Oct 2011 | 04:00 am
Kerning, adjusting the letterspacing between two consecutive letterforms, takes a great deal of patience and remains one of the most important typographic skills to cultivate. Most of the high quality...
Steve Jobs Tributes: My Roundup 8 Oct 2011 | 03:30 pm
Photo via 9to5mac.com Like you, I was deeply saddened to hear of Steve Jobs’s passing. And—I’m guessing—like you, I also learned about his death on a device he invented. I’ve been spending a great de...
