Image by *****\\MOXXO//***** via FlickrMy handwriting sucks. That’s why I use a keyboard whenever I need to make sure that what I write down is actually read/write. Still, I am very fond of good design, and of good typefaces.
The man in blue is wondering about the typeface designers themselves: “There’s great power in a typeface, but what’s always interested me more than the typeface is the designer behind it – why did they create the typeface? Where did their inspiration come from? How did they start?
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?”
So, he wrote to a number of typeface designers and asked for a sample of their handwriting. Inspiring… and comforting: Some of them produce chicken scratches just like me.
