Kategori: Typonyheter

Two recent interviews touch on a perceived degradation of quality and originality in type design.

“It has become a lot easier to come up with a design that looks acceptable at first sight. But this does not mean that new things are automatically genuine or authentic. The type design community fails to be critical enough towards itself; we seem to welcome everything … this attitude will ensure a waterfall of mediocrity.” —Fred Smeijers, Eye no. 90 vol. 23, 2015

Fortsätt läsa Rejecting Infill-ism and Waterfalls of Mediocrity

A typeface with a firm tread, stable and strong. Here’s staring at you, kid. This is Macho.

What distinguishes men from boys? They have a clear and distinct way of approaching things. They have their goals in life, they are useful, and they want to make an impression. This is what Macho is about. This is what clichés are about, hell yes.

Fortsätt läsa Macho

I’ve been asked repeatedly to write reviews of my favorite typeface releases of the year, and always wince, as I’m barely aware of any new releases, and tend to use a small handful of tried and trues, and am a bit confused by the endless flood of new designs.

So as I was composing my thanks-but-no-thanks email reply, I was shocked to find not one but two new faces that I not only liked, but actually loved. (One review will come later this year.)

Who’d have thought Today Sans would get taken in, bathed, shaved — and remastered by the technically solid foundry Elsner+Flake? Meritorious!

Fortsätt läsa Today Sans Now

In the midst of a MyFonts oversaturated with twee weathered monoline scripts punctuated with silly swirly-doo underlines and swashes (on sale for 80% off, please pin us in your Pinterest wedding album along­side your glittered Mason Jars) is a true beauty: Roland Hörmann’s Gloss Drop.

Fortsätt läsa Gloss Drop