The Day I Discovered Type Design
Fifty years ago this month, March 1976, when I was 20 years old, is when my interest in type design began....
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Introducing Hardcover
Introducing Hardcover, a modern roman display face that goes back to a sketch in 1978....
Studio Tour
You might wonder: Where does a type designer like me spend his days? Do I have a fancy office in a skyscraper in downtown Saint Paul? Do I have a receptionist? An H.R. department? Interns? An espresso bar? None of that. I work by myself out of a repurposed back bedroom in a modest 1920s-era bungalow in the quiet residential Saint Paul neighborhood of Saint Anthony Park. Let me show you around...
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