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I'm curious about the comment in the caption of the portrait in this story, specifically that harmonious typefaces are only achievable by hand. Anyone have any

• 542458 11y ago
  To clarify, I believe that his stance was that while digital reproductions of a finished font are satisfactory, the creative process and the original design of a typeface must always be done by hand. You can see some of his hand-drawn works here, on the Zurich University of the Arts' website: http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asimages/search@?criteria=frutiger&rg=Objects,,0&sm=[Objects,%20Exhibitions,%20Sites,%20People,%20MediaModule] http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asimages/search@?criteria... Here are some particularly interesting ones: http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asitem/search@/52/title-asc?criteria=frutiger&rg=Objects,,0&sm=[Objects,%20Exhibitions,%20Sites,%20People,%20MediaModule] http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asitem/search@/52/title-a... http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asitem/search@/65/title-asc?criteria=frutiger&rg=Objects,,0&sm=[Objects,%20Exhibitions,%20Sites,%20People,%20MediaModule] http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asitem/search@/65/title-a... http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asitem/search@/114/title-asc?criteria=frutiger&rg=Objects,,0&sm=[Objects,%20Exhibitions,%20Sites,%20People,%20MediaModule] http://www.emuseum.ch/view/objects/asitem/search@/114/title-...