Font art geekery

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

I too love fonts. Back in the day of Letraset, before the all-powerful PC changed the design world forever, I would pore over those books in search of the right one for the project at hand, and had a knack for finding it. There is a font related art exhibit opening or just opened in L.A. It was featured on boingboing.net.

I am also keen on artists who produce work that emphasize the word and how it's presented - giving the word more weight or stripping it down so that is is a beautiful object devoid of meaning. Projecting sentences, in large blocks of light, onto buildings...

If you are interested, there are definitely classes in font design. I met a Yale student who was even majoring in font design.

I love reading a book printed in a pleasing or approproate font, and how the design is usually credited at the back. A lot of thought goes in to picking the right look.

Awesome post, CP.