My understanding of the Brutalism ethos is not about exposing the material itself used in construction, but “… rather the quality of the material… ” A font with it's own BCP's exposed exists!…
I replied above how I do believe it adheres to a Brutalist ethos. We design exactly for my audience, and while we don’t follow trends we’re very aware of the zeitgeist.
One could not hope for a better reaction! Thank you!
If you tune into our livestream next week, you’ll see me stride onto the stage and confidently throw a steel ball at the… oh.
The death of a loved one is almost always a personal tragedy, regardless of age. Overuse of a word doesn’t make it any less so.
Hinting is the explicit adjustment of a font’s outlines to snap it to the pixel grid. It’s a similar outcome, but different process.
I think you’re referring to “optical sizing” in fonts. In essence, fonts at small sizes are more robust and large sizes have more detail. Very much like comic books illustration, for example. If you blow up a small face…
I agree — it’s been a buzzword in the graphic design industry for at least 10 years now. During Signifier’s 15 year development I've seen many trends surface and disappear! And during the a year we spent working on the…
I take your points about bitmap fonts for early pixel displays. They were determined by the coarse raster of the screen. But screens have evolved, and manually bitmapping every px size for every physical screen…
Kia ora! I’m Kris Sowersby, designer of Signifier and author of the design info post on Klim. First up, I’d like to thank you all for taking the time to read it. I really appreciate it. I’ve neither heard of Hacker News…
My understanding of the Brutalism ethos is not about exposing the material itself used in construction, but “… rather the quality of the material… ” A font with it's own BCP's exposed exists!…
I replied above how I do believe it adheres to a Brutalist ethos. We design exactly for my audience, and while we don’t follow trends we’re very aware of the zeitgeist.
One could not hope for a better reaction! Thank you!
If you tune into our livestream next week, you’ll see me stride onto the stage and confidently throw a steel ball at the… oh.
The death of a loved one is almost always a personal tragedy, regardless of age. Overuse of a word doesn’t make it any less so.
Hinting is the explicit adjustment of a font’s outlines to snap it to the pixel grid. It’s a similar outcome, but different process.
I think you’re referring to “optical sizing” in fonts. In essence, fonts at small sizes are more robust and large sizes have more detail. Very much like comic books illustration, for example. If you blow up a small face…
I agree — it’s been a buzzword in the graphic design industry for at least 10 years now. During Signifier’s 15 year development I've seen many trends surface and disappear! And during the a year we spent working on the…
I take your points about bitmap fonts for early pixel displays. They were determined by the coarse raster of the screen. But screens have evolved, and manually bitmapping every px size for every physical screen…
Kia ora! I’m Kris Sowersby, designer of Signifier and author of the design info post on Klim. First up, I’d like to thank you all for taking the time to read it. I really appreciate it. I’ve neither heard of Hacker News…