TypeCon 2014 was a turning point for me. It was the first time I’d been surrounded by designers, by my people. Constant talk of serifs and styles—of balance and the effect of type on people—of all the nerdy things I …
As little design as possible
The goodness of a design is inversely related to the number of elements present. In other words, the more stuff there is, the worse the design. This isn’t a hard-and-fast rule; sometimes extra things add a bit of needed intrigue …