Right now I don’t think I have the capacity to string together anything remotely intelligent, so I hope the font speaks for itself. It may look like this did not take me any time at all. But it did. Here … Continue reading
Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Table Normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin-top:0in; mso-para-margin-right:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0in; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:”Calibri”,”sans-serif”; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:”Times New Roman”; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; … Continue reading
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