The Typographic Times
a small simple blog dedicated to typography
The Typographic Times was a blog published between 2001 and 2008 on Planet typography. At that time, there were not so many sites published on the topic and not so many designers involved in typography and type design.
Below is presented a selection of articles published at that time. We’ll see later if new articles have to appear…
Type designers
Type designers portaits & interviews.
Typefaces
Portrait of a typeface: introduction to a font.
Interviews
Interviews of people involved in typography.
Articles
Articles on topics related to typo.
Nick Curtis
Portrait of Nick Curtis: The first step in the process of creating a typeface is to determine the rules to be followed (.) After that, creating the font is simply a matter of applying the rules consistently.
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Michel Bujardet
Portrait of Michel Bujardet: Unless I decide that letterforms are a piece of art, and therefore have no other purpose than to be hanged on the wall, I have to design them for the ultimate user : the reader
Fedra Sans
Fedra Sans is a multilingual contemporary sans serif typeface developed for visual identities, designed to work equally well on paper and on the computer screen. Fedra Sans appears to work exceptionally well in small point sizes, while it is elegant and distinguishable in larger ones.
Lucas de Groot
Portrait of Lucas de Groot, type designer: I think type design should be a mixture of intuition and calculation.
Corpid corporate typeface
Corpid (Corporate Identity) developed out of a commission from Studio Dumbar in The Netherlands for the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fishing.
Peter Bil’ak
Portrait of Peter Bilak: I prefer to have a direct contact with the end-users, it shows a lot how fonts really work, and can be inspiring for other type projects.