Comments on: A few things I’ve learned about typeface design http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Serge Akwei http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18708 Serge Akwei Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:09:02 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18708 Excellent post, coming from Togo, West Africa myself, I certainly relate to the dearth of typographic resources for native African languages. There are some efforts in the open source community to bring these languages into the digital world but they are painfully slow. For my own language, Ewe, there has been very little in the way of new much less digital font systems since German missionaries first codified the language in the early part of 20th century. Thank you for educating the rest of us. Excellent post, coming from Togo, West Africa myself, I certainly relate to the dearth of typographic resources for native African languages. There are some efforts in the open source community to bring these languages into the digital world but they are painfully slow. For my own language, Ewe, there has been very little in the way of new much less digital font systems since German missionaries first codified the language in the early part of 20th century.
Thank you for educating the rest of us.

]]> By: Amy http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18645 Amy Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:45:01 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18645 superb post....loved it superb post….loved it

]]> By: rory http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18643 rory Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:51:28 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18643 Fantastic article, so nice to read something by someone who knows what they're talking about and feels passionate about the subject. Very informative cheers. Fantastic article, so nice to read something by someone who knows what they’re talking about and feels passionate about the subject. Very informative cheers.

]]> By: Ryan http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18642 Ryan Sun, 11 Apr 2010 09:28:12 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18642 An excellent post and some fantastic points. Really refreshing to read! An excellent post and some fantastic points. Really refreshing to read!

]]> By: Gerry Leonidas http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18626 Gerry Leonidas Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:23:13 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18626 Thank you All for the kind words. It is encouraging to see there is interest for longer articles dealing with more general matters. In trying to get information online one is always juggling between brevity and completeness. I am not sure what the right point of balance is, only that I see more potential in ILT-like articles for contributing to a reference-worthy set of texts than shorter, dialogue-like platforms. The comments do point, though, that I should put together a v.2 of the text with more image support and some refinement of my language; I think there's a couple of points where I don't come across clearly enough. It also seems that I have left unanswered questions on the basics of getting started, on building skills for non-familiar scripts, on the relationship of writing and typographic forms, and on the difficult-to-define concept of excellence in design. It also seems that I have been unclear in my definition of originality. Lastly, thanks to Dan for pointing to my starter reference list; it's not as out of date as my other ones. Thank you All for the kind words. It is encouraging to see there is interest for longer articles dealing with more general matters. In trying to get information online one is always juggling between brevity and completeness. I am not sure what the right point of balance is, only that I see more potential in ILT-like articles for contributing to a reference-worthy set of texts than shorter, dialogue-like platforms.

The comments do point, though, that I should put together a v.2 of the text with more image support and some refinement of my language; I think there’s a couple of points where I don’t come across clearly enough. It also seems that I have left unanswered questions on the basics of getting started, on building skills for non-familiar scripts, on the relationship of writing and typographic forms, and on the difficult-to-define concept of excellence in design. It also seems that I have been unclear in my definition of originality.

Lastly, thanks to Dan for pointing to my starter reference list; it’s not as out of date as my other ones.

]]> By: This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.31 - Speckyboy Design Magazine http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18620 This Weeks Twitter Design News Roundup N.31 - Speckyboy Design Magazine Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:54:52 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18620 [...] A few things I’ve learned about typeface design [...] […] A few things I’ve learned about typeface design […]

]]> By: Emilie Rigaud http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18594 Emilie Rigaud Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:41:48 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18594 So, rather than congrats, anyone interested in a reflexion on teaching typeface design? So, rather than congrats, anyone interested in a reflexion on teaching typeface design?

]]> By: Dan Reynolds http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18593 Dan Reynolds Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:16:37 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18593 Regarding reading lists, there used to be a PDF-list of books and journal articles that students on the MATD course should read (or have read). But it has been so many years since Gerry put this PDF together that it might be out of date by now (?). Anyway, I could not find this PDF on his website anymore, but on his website, he does have a post about some introductory resources – http://www.leonidas.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/library:introductory_matd_booklist Idan Gazit, Bruno De Barros, the books in that post are a great place to start! Regarding reading lists, there used to be a PDF-list of books and journal articles that students on the MATD course should read (or have read). But it has been so many years since Gerry put this PDF together that it might be out of date by now (?). Anyway, I could not find this PDF on his website anymore, but on his website, he does have a post about some introductory resources –

http://www.leonidas.org/dokuwiki/doku.php/library:introductory_matd_booklist

Idan Gazit, Bruno De Barros, the books in that post are a great place to start!

]]> By: natasha http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18588 natasha Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:22:40 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18588 wow... good informative article wow… good informative article

]]> By: Donald Rush http://ilovetypography.com/2010/03/25/a-few-things-i%e2%80%99ve-learned-about-typeface-design/#comment-18586 Donald Rush Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:18:59 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/?p=8353#comment-18586 I taught type for one semester. I felt few students could appreciate type as you have described it. What percent of your students develop a true interest in type? Why do you think the others miss it? I taught type for one semester. I felt few students could appreciate type as you have described it. What percent of your students develop a true interest in type? Why do you think the others miss it?

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