alt.hn

3/19/2026 at 11:08:37 PM

The day I discovered type design

 https://www.marksimonson.com/notebook/view/the-day-i-discovered-type-design/

by ingve

3/20/2026 at 12:19:24 AM

> Lettering design I did for my high school yearbook in 1974.

Anyone else get an optical illusion effect from this? Looks like it's continually zooming out to me.

by furyofantares

3/20/2026 at 1:41:05 AM

Same. Those colors were an intentional (and effective) choice

by fuzzylightbulb

3/20/2026 at 8:29:56 AM

I took a look and it's probably a color isoluminance effect.

by _0ffh

3/20/2026 at 6:17:19 AM

Ah, that's the guy who designed my favorite typeface. I once ran a weekly newspaper that was about 70% Etna. It's a fabulous family, lots of character (and characters - heh) while still crazy versatile.

by mosessupposed

3/20/2026 at 1:14:21 AM

TFA is about letters, not programming in Haskell like I had assumed

by sebastianmestre

3/20/2026 at 1:43:00 AM

One is fascinated by how others can be enthralled by something that seems, at first blush, so much polishing of the cannon ball.

But that's OK. The world is a better place for not being ruled by my bland tastes.

If I had to design a typeface, I'd bring back retro characters like thorn: Þ.

by smitty1e

3/20/2026 at 3:20:46 AM

Thorn would solve so many problems.

For example, how do I write an h sound after t?

by shdudns