opinion piece

Dec.21.11

Why You Should Invest in the Future of Typography

“Don’t we have enough fonts?” This might be the question type designers get asked the most. It also provokes the most annoyance because it implies that type design is superfluous or futile.

Uncategorized | Matthew Butterick

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