While fighting the mayhem, we can’t forget about the joys. Writing is one of my joys. So I wrote a new piece.

Design and printing are crafts. This story is about a typeface designer who bridged the gap between them. And telephone books. Yeah…old school.

It’s cool. You might like it.

https://markwrites.io/the-bell-centennial-typeface-story

#Design #Typography #Typeface #Printing #MatthewCarter #BellCentennial #Retro #TelephoneBooks

The Bell Centennial Typeface Story

In 1978, Matthew Carter designed the typeface Bell Centennial. It was a special typeface, built for a unique set of goals. What manifes...

Mark W.rites

Hooray for Matthew Carter! Georgia joins Club πŸ’―: it’s the first of his many seminal typeface designs to be documented with one hundred in-use examples in the #FontsInUse Collection:
https://fontsinuse.com/type_designers/83/matthew-carter

#MatthewCarter #Georgia #archives #documentation

Matthew Carter

Matthew Carter

Fonts In Use

🟦 Revolver Type Reimagines Matthew Carter’s Iconic Airport Typeface

Feat.: @revolvertype
By Kim Tidwell at @Printmag

#typography #RevolverType #MatthewCarter #AirportTypeface

https://www.printmag.com/type-tuesday/revolver-type-reimagines-airport-typeface/

Revolver Type Reimagines Matthew Carter's Iconic Airport Typeface – PRINT Magazine

Lukas Schneider and Revolver Type have designed a modern version of Matthew Carter's classic mid-century typeface, Airport.

PRINT Magazine

This incredible #longread about, generally, the evolution of serif #typefaces and, specifically, the work of #MatthewCarter is a joy of #typography history goodness

https://uxdesign.cc/times-new-roman-make-serifs-great-again-716168553c59

The #DesignersQuotes series features inspiring quotes from renowned designers, aimed at motivating and sparking creativity in the design community.

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