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Type design is a subtle thing is such a wrong statement. Type design is everything - big and small things. This is why it takes a long time to design a timeless
by fermienrico 8y ago
Type design is a subtle thing is such a wrong statement. Type design is everything - big and small things. This is why it takes a long time to design a timeless font because the search domain is insanely massive.
Let's be honest here, Netflix Sans and Airbnb Cereal are pretty much identical except for the grotesk details.
- lioeters 8y agoI was curious if you used the word "grotesk" as a technical term in type design, like how "gothic" (apparently) has typographic meaning. I looked it up, and learned that "grotesque" is a class/category of sans-serif fonts. Re-reading your last sentence, you probably meant in a general way, as in "grotesque: characterized by ludicrous or incongruous distortion; outlandish or bizarre". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif#Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif#Classification Edit: Oh, here's a great comment from someone who worked on the font, with a mention of "Grotesque" san-serif. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17075836#17080855 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17075836#17080855
- fermienrico 8y agoI meant it in a typographical sense.