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The day I discovered type design (marksimonson.com)
furyofantares 2 days ago [-]
> 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.

jmcmichael 2 days ago [-]
yeah, that’s called chromostereopsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis
fuzzylightbulb 2 days ago [-]
Same. Those colors were an intentional (and effective) choice
_0ffh 2 days ago [-]
I took a look and it's probably a color isoluminance effect.
mosessupposed 2 days ago [-]
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.
sebastianmestre 2 days ago [-]
TFA is about letters, not programming in Haskell like I had assumed
smitty1e 2 days ago [-]
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.

shdudns 2 days ago [-]
Thorn would solve so many problems.

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

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