I just wrapped up designing a complex, 48-page program for the Virginia Festival of the Book. It’s not the first time I’ve created a document like this, but this time I did something a little different. I catalogued my entire …
An illustrated guide to typographic measurements
eBook by Lucas Czarnecki 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 …
An interview with Georg Seifert
Georg Seifert is one of my favorite people in the type industry. He’s a type designer and programmer, most known as the founder of GlyphsApp (one of the best type design tools around). I meet Georg time and time again …
An interview with Dr. Fiona Ross
Dr. Fiona Ross is a type designer and educator who has spent her career outside of Latin type. Instead of going the normal route, Fiona started her career in philology and has developed many of the world’s most popular non-Latin …
An Interview with Tobias Frere-Jones
Tobias Frere-Jones is an internationally recognized type designer; having designed well-known faces Interstate, Gotham, Whitney, Tungsten, and Retina, among others. The first time I met Tobias was incredibly embarrassing, though I’m sure he doesn’t remember. He and I were the …
