Kris Sowersby / is on Nostr

Typeface design.

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2024-10-31 23:06:25

From the ITC Garamond specimen:
“But one thing is certain today: if Claude Garamond were designing his illustrious type for photographic and electronic typesetting machines, he would not simply duplicate the face he cut in metal over four centuries ago. It would have contemporary overtones. To this end, Tony Stan has, in effect, rephrased the famous Garamond flavor in late 20th century terms.”

2024-10-20 20:38:30

This hit a bit harder than anticipated
“Creators can be prone to obsession to perfect a piece, and obsession is not healthy when it comes to mental health. It can lead to the feeling that it’s never good enough, and in turn ‘I’m not good enough’.”
https://www.itsnicethat.com/features/perfectionism-creative-industry-171024

2024-07-25 18:05:11

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@npub1urz…39sc oh man I know exactly the one you mean! Can’t remember the account tho which doesn’t help you

2024-05-31 04:14:07

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@npub1mwm…qehc I’m interested to hear your examples!

2024-04-22 21:57:22

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@npub1urz…39sc all the time was spent deciding on exactly which font to use

2024-02-29 20:59:15

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@npub1urz…39sc yes but we really need to save 5kb on the front end of our reskinned ChatGPT clone which burns 400 trees per query

2024-02-29 19:54:33

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@npub1urz…39sc “We only need a-z!”

2023-10-04 18:00:49

It would be insightful to read a “promises vs reality” piece about Monotype’s FontShop/FontFont acquisition. It’s been almost a decade now.
Here are the promises:
https://www.fontblog.de/warum-fontfont-so-independent-wie-nie-ist/
https://www.fontblog.de/faq-zum-monotype-fontshop-deal-update/
And this is where we are now:
https://fontshop.cmail20.com/t/y-e-xlrkidk-ddguddyhi-q/

2023-10-04 17:34:05

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@npub1urz…39sc this?
https://fontshop.cmail20.com/t/y-e-xlrkidk-ddguddyhi-q/

2023-09-29 17:35:59

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@npub1urz…39sc $4B rollup here mate

2023-07-12 09:35:47

Guy on plane: “What do you do?”
Me: “Um, well I design fonts.”
Guy on plane: “Real? You’d have to be quite OCD for that, eh?”
Me: “Yeah, fuck. I suppose.”

2023-07-03 18:58:00

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@npub1urz…39sc Sometimes you just have to make your own opportunities:
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/651/681/776/983/621/original/09ab4278355e5f1f.jpeg
https://typo.social/system/media_attachments/files/110/651/681/851/255/850/original/8f896759a7b04af0.jpeg

2023-06-23 02:00:42

Are there any online archives, libraries etc that have hi res i@ages of Dwiggins’ lettering and type work?