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Type
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TYPE
DESIGN
Design
notes
Basics
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tips
Framework
Verticals
Illusion
Limitations
Habits
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Bold
Italic
Scans
Spacing
Elbow
grease
Glossary
Doesn’t
everybody know?
This section deals with facts that may seem too obvious to
mention. Skip it if you like. Puzzles of optical illusion
are a part of childhood. Orderly work is merely common sense
in action.
You’ve
got a head start if you know how to write with a broad-nib
pen. If you don’t, learn the basics. Long ago and far
away, Alfred Fairbank’s Handwriting Manual got
me going. It’s a good
book.
I assume
you can use a computer. And I hope you already know your way
around Bézier curves. If you prefer to work with
paper and pencil, that’s fine. A drawing-board with a
T-square is not a bad place to start. What counts is the end
result. For 500 years, people created typefaces with simple
metalworking tools. Some were
masterpieces.
You can
help me. If I don’t explain properly, please let me
know. I’ll try harder. If I’m wrong, kindly say
so. Send me e-mail.
