Comments on: Type Faces http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/ Mon, 21 May 2012 16:07:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Type Faces, an interview with type designer Kris Sowersby | i love typography, the typography and fonts blog http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-10180 Type Faces, an interview with type designer Kris Sowersby | i love typography, the typography and fonts blog Wed, 06 Aug 2008 08:05:12 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-10180 [...] Type Faces, an interview with type designer Kris Sowersby | i love typography, the typography and fo... [...] […] Type Faces, an interview with type designer Kris Sowersby | i love typography, the typography and fo… […]

]]> By: Typeface Review: FF Balance | i love typography, the typography blog http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-8120 Typeface Review: FF Balance | i love typography, the typography blog Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:53:17 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-8120 [...] Kris Sowersby interview [...] […] Kris Sowersby interview […]

]]> By: Sunday Type: Ale Paul type | i love typography, the typography blog http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-7945 Sunday Type: Ale Paul type | i love typography, the typography blog Mon, 02 Jun 2008 09:41:27 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-7945 [...] Kris Sowersby interview [...] […] Kris Sowersby interview […]

]]> By: Face to Face | i love typography, the typography blog http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4672 Face to Face | i love typography, the typography blog Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:03:08 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4672 [...] a few Sans from this category beginning to emerge, like the recent and very good National by Kris Sowersby, mentioned on iLT [...] […] a few Sans from this category beginning to emerge, like the recent and very good National by Kris Sowersby, mentioned on iLT […]

]]> By: Robert L. Peters » Why Bembo sucks... http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4259 Robert L. Peters » Why Bembo sucks... Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:28:34 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4259 [...] practices regarding letterform and font design. Read his posting here, and an interview with him here. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertlpeters.com%2Fnews%2F%3Fp%3D338'; addthis_title = [...] […] practices regarding letterform and font design. Read his posting here, and an interview with him here. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robertlpeters.com%2Fnews%2F%3Fp%3D338’; addthis_title = […]

]]> By: Why Bembo Sucks | i love typography, the typography blog http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4201 Why Bembo Sucks | i love typography, the typography blog Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:39:17 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4201 [...] You can view his own typefaces at Village. And you can read iLT’s interview with Kris here. Be sure to share the love: Discuss, Comment or [...] […] You can view his own typefaces at Village. And you can read iLT’s interview with Kris here. Be sure to share the love: Discuss, Comment or […]

]]> By: Sunday Type: Spaced-out Type | i love typography, the typography blog http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4144 Sunday Type: Spaced-out Type | i love typography, the typography blog Sun, 20 Jan 2008 13:22:49 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-4144 [...] tutorial. More about that next week. Next up is an article by type designer (and creator of Feijoa) Kris Sowersby; and then an interview with Jean François Porchez, type designer, former president of ATypi, and [...] […] tutorial. More about that next week. Next up is an article by type designer (and creator of Feijoa) Kris Sowersby; and then an interview with Jean François Porchez, type designer, former president of ATypi, and […]

]]> By: je suis une cacahuete » influen http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-3579 je suis une cacahuete » influen Mon, 07 Jan 2008 21:41:12 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-3579 [...] rather innocuous, yet lends so much warmth and character to the overall printed impression.”, http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/ Posted by fanny who loves design , drawings and illustrations , black , white Hi [...] […] rather innocuous, yet lends so much warmth and character to the overall printed impression.”, http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/ Posted by fanny who loves design , drawings and illustrations , black , white Hi […]

]]> By: Graphic Design At A Whole New Level. Quacky Designs » Blog Archive » Kris Sowersby - Sans Serif http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-3263 Graphic Design At A Whole New Level. Quacky Designs » Blog Archive » Kris Sowersby - Sans Serif Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:27:03 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-3263 [...] http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/ [...] […] http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/ […]

]]> By: Kris http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-2823 Kris Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:28:49 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/12/19/type-faces-kris-sowersby/#comment-2823 <i> I wonder how’s your regular handwriting looks like?</i> Fucking awful most of the time! But I can make it look a little bit pretty when I need to. <i>I am interested also in the name-development process — does a name just come to you, or do you tinker with it?</i> Don't read too much into it, there isn't much of a process. Name it from the gut! There are two things to consider: 1) The typeface should look good in it's name, 2) the name can't already be in use. <i>The part of does where you live and grow up have an affect on how you design a face.</i> I answered that in George's question—I don't really know. But it would be the same things that affect my language, thinking, cultural practices, what I wear, how much I drink etc. In short, it would be wound up so tightly with who I am that it is just natural. —K I wonder how’s your regular handwriting looks like?

Fucking awful most of the time! But I can make it look a little bit pretty when I need to.

I am interested also in the name-development process — does a name just come to you, or do you tinker with it?

Don’t read too much into it, there isn’t much of a process. Name it from the gut! There are two things to consider: 1) The typeface should look good in it’s name, 2) the name can’t already be in use.

The part of does where you live and grow up have an affect on how you design a face.

I answered that in George’s question—I don’t really know. But it would be the same things that affect my language, thinking, cultural practices, what I wear, how much I drink etc. In short, it would be wound up so tightly with who I am that it is just natural.

—K

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