Quote I’m pondering: “He who needs riches least, enjoys riches most. ” — Epicurus Purchase I’m loving: It’s not the best planner I can imagine, but—since it’s my first, and it’s working—I really can’t complain about this purchase. The Leuchtturm1917 …
An illustrated guide to typographic measurements
If you’ve ever had a question about design measurements, this is for you. Rather than going into the x-height, kerning, or other things that can be measured, this guide is meant to explain the units in which we measure. You …
Osmose: Font giveaway, review, and interview.
Most type designers aspire to have their work seen everywhere. They want their fonts to be on every desktop and get picked up by some major political campaign or magazine. I don’t blame them, either—that’s how you get paid. Matthieu …
Design Download #3
Hello, 2017! Quote I’m pondering: “For the man of today there exists only the equilibrium between nature and spirit. At every moment of the past all variations of the old were “new”—but they were not “THE” new. We must never …
Branding the Cville Design Week
Everyone has little crazy ideas. Sometimes they’re crazy enough to forget, and sometimes they’re crazy enough… they just might work. I’ve launched a tiny design festival in my town of Charlottesville, Virginia. It took place in mid-November and it was …