This is the text I submitted for the foreword for the Type Compass: charting new routes in typography book by SHS Publishing. It is an interesting publication, combining reference and notebook; perhaps exactly what design students need: inspiration, with space … Continue reading
[Preamble] Reading has a long, fruitful relationship with Monotype stretching back decades. But, whereas “we” have known intimately what makes the company unique (and its uninterrupted presence in large OEM and branding projects), most of the type world held … Continue reading
For a month, I’ll grow one. The ‘tache will look silly (it did the last time I grew one, which makes the second time foolish) but the money goes to cancer research, and cancer is as un-silly as it gets. Those … Continue reading
A short while ago James Edgar of the Camberwell Press asked me to write a short text in response to one of four conversations recorded for Whatever next: a discourse on typography. Fraser Muggeridge liked it, so I thought I’d … Continue reading
Five years after the first Greek Week-End in New York, I am returning to the TDC. By 2007 Greek was already becoming a central part of most large typeface projects, especially international branding applications. In the intervening years Greek has … Continue reading