So I spent an unproductive amount of time on Fontstruct and was completely pissed off because, while it’s user-friendly to some extent, I was totally unprepared and overwhelmed by the whole thing. To think that Eric Gill probably spent years … Continue reading
Geology has been on my mind, so I doodled a font inspired by my favorite high-fissility sedimentary rock, shale. It’s rough and cracked (like most rocks!) but attempts to be smooth and layered (like shale, specifically?), yet is ready to … Continue reading
This all started after my rapid frustration with FontStruct. I got to “d” on that clunky, contrived grid and slammed my laptop shut. How could I create pixels, or basic design units for letter-shapes, in a way that would be … Continue reading
I constructed my fonts with a handwriting-to-font app (InstaFONTmaker) on my Samsung Note 2014 edition 10.1″ tablet (basically it’s the same principle as MyScriptFont.com but without the scanning step). The idea is that my tablet’s stylus, specifically designed and optimized … Continue reading
Hi Everyone, Today I remembered that this video exists, and I felt like sharing because 1) Björk is awesome, and 2) This video of her explaining how her TV works made me think back to Kirschenbaum’s claims about how we interact … Continue reading
As a kid, I spent a lot of time playing with WordPerfect and Microsoft Word. I’m an only child; my parents both work; I had a lot of afternoons to fill. Of course, like your standard eight-year-old, I didn’t know … Continue reading
Let me start by saying I never anticipated how much I would hate the nitty-gritty of font-struction. I notice typography, take pleasure in it, care about it, think carefully about how I use it—but give me a ready-made font any … Continue reading
okay, this is the first try of my flame font. I saw the flame shapes on fontstructure and they just spoke to me. So then I wrote this like it’s some newsletter from hell. I only made capital … Continue reading
Set Up Originally, I wanted to craft a font comprised of my big, dumb face making vowel and consonant faces. My thought was maybe I could create a “font” that could be “read” by Wylie. I could use it to … Continue reading