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Famous Quotes from Type Designers

... Ruedi Baur Helvetica is the typeface for a deserted island . Friedrich Friedl We hate to like Helvetica . Hamish Muir ... in Caslon and another in Plantin and it is as if you heard three different people delivering the same discourse — each with impeccable ...

Forum topic - Miss Tiffany - 5 Jul 2005 - 3:47pm - 142 comments - 0 attachments

Most recent issue of CA

... a bit insulted that I would need to be hit over the head THREE TIMES . Chris Fredo, they could have used the Mona Lisa :-) ... what came of this communication with my family back on the island. And this image was the result. Another thing that has bugged me ...

Forum topic - Eric_West - 30 May 2006 - 8:13pm - 512 comments - 0 attachments

Which is your favorite logo_?

... very irritating. What's good at 12 pt can be horrific at three feet tall on the side of a truck. Honestly, the Milwaukee ... each shape can be used individually to promote the island it represents. Colorful and fun, like the destination itself. The ...

Forum topic - satya - 18 Nov 2007 - 11:55am - 185 comments - 1 attachment

Typophile

... based on his Yale lectures as well as articles from Three Island Press and TypeRight . Typophile's stated aim is to further ...

Wiki - Joe Pemberton - 27 Apr 2009 - 8:57am - 0 comments

EULAs - the devil's advocate

... of notice to terminate the contract which is more than three months prior to the expiration of the initial or tacitly extended period ... like people enforcing IP law, just move to a country (island?) where it isn't enforced. Don't expect to do business in US, Canada, ...

Forum topic - typequake - 20 Apr 2006 - 9:42pm - 42 comments - 0 attachments

guillemets in english texts

... got a great T-shirt from a boutique press on Saltspring Island that has their name made up using alt and accented letters: I'd expect ... to read, particularly if you're using one font for all three languages. Make things easy for the audience, and they'll be more ...

Forum topic - Plaintype - 13 Apr 2007 - 4:00pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

The Death of the Type Apprenticeship?

... is very similar. Underware is a group consisting of three gentlemen working in three cities. The companies with design staffs ... own drums and flutes. (They also run around the whole island they live on every morning, and their resting breath is spent playing ...

Forum topic - DanDA - 6 Jan 2006 - 11:14am - 50 comments - 0 attachments

Non-common Greek Caps?

... I thought Sava's "Y" was different in each of its three scripts. Not much, but still more than usual. :-/ hhp Nick, I ... Shinnistan. Verily, Nick is Shinnistan. And it is an island Luminous and Eternal. > shame on you Keep your shirt on. ...

Forum topic - Nick Shinn - 24 Oct 2005 - 9:46am - 74 comments - 0 attachments

Erik Spiekermann's statements re Berthold

... long-term health precludes rabid protectionism. Plus those three factors are all less important than something people like Eric are ... I'd be inclined to say that if stranded on a desert island with one font and a newletter to publish, AG would be a top choice. ...

Forum topic - anonymous - 144 comments - 0 attachments

(x) more Slim Jim fonts- FF Dolores, Garish Monde {Yves, Chesh}

... by Scott Yoshinaga, and the "Sticks" is Attic by Three Island Press. But what fonts were used for "Lunch Boxes" and "Spicy ...

Forum topic - glutton - 10 Jun 2004 - 9:34am - 8 comments - 0 attachments