The day I discovered type design

(marksimonson.com)

48 points | by ingve 3 hours ago

2 comments

  • furyofantares 2 hours ago
    > Lettering design I did for my high school yearbook in 1974.

    Anyone else get an optical illusion effect from this? Looks like it's continually zooming out to me.

  • sebastianmestre 1 hour ago
    TFA is about letters, not programming in Haskell like I had assumed
    • smitty1e 1 hour ago
      One is fascinated by how others can be enthralled by something that seems, at first blush, so much polishing of the cannon ball.

      But that's OK. The world is a better place for not being ruled by my bland tastes.

      If I had to design a typeface, I'd bring back retro characters like thorn: Þ.