How Typographers Write
Posted by ben on 09 Jul 2008 at 08:18 am | Tagged as: design, typography
Here’s an interesting post putting handwriting samples of typographers up against their type designs:
Lately, I’ve been asking just one question, though. Something which has always intrigued me: these people that help us communicate … how do they themselves communicate? If we strip away the monitors, and the printing presses, and the typefaces … how would William Caslon have written on a post-it note?
Would have been interesting to see historical examples, such as John Baskerville and Nicolas Jenson, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless.
[hat tip]
I strongly feel that Comic Sans should have been called “Schulz.”
Mark Simonson gets my vote! Nice post!
MAD GARDEN