The day I discovered type design
92 points by ingve 5 days ago | 8 comments
  • furyofantares 4 days ago |
    > Lettering design I did for my high school yearbook in 1974.

    Anyone else get an optical illusion effect from this? Looks like it's continually zooming out to me.

    • fuzzylightbulb 4 days ago |
      Same. Those colors were an intentional (and effective) choice
    • jmcmichael 4 days ago |
      yeah, that’s called chromostereopsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis
    • _0ffh 4 days ago |
      I took a look and it's probably a color isoluminance effect.
  • sebastianmestre 4 days ago |
    TFA is about letters, not programming in Haskell like I had assumed
    • smitty1e 4 days ago |
      One is fascinated by how others can be enthralled by something that seems, at first blush, so much polishing of the cannon ball.

      But that's OK. The world is a better place for not being ruled by my bland tastes.

      If I had to design a typeface, I'd bring back retro characters like thorn: Þ.

      • shdudns 4 days ago |
        Thorn would solve so many problems.

        For example, how do I write an h sound after t?

  • mosessupposed 4 days ago |
    Ah, that's the guy who designed my favorite typeface. I once ran a weekly newspaper that was about 70% Etna. It's a fabulous family, lots of character (and characters - heh) while still crazy versatile.