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H+FJ are in a class of their own in the world of typography, it would be a tragedy if this caused their firm's demise.
by pg_bot 13y ago
H+FJ are in a class of their own in the world of typography, it would be a tragedy if this caused their firm's demise.
- eps 13y agoThe firm's not going anywhere, but their reputation is going to suffer and that will hinder their marketing machine big time.
- Silhouette 13y agoH+FJ are in a class of their own in the world of typography Are they? That's a pretty insulting claim to make when you consider the achievements of other giants of the typography world. Robert Slimbach at Adobe has a similarly impressive portfolio, for example. If you look down any list of the most popular fonts for use in professional typography, Adrian Frutiger probably designed several of them. From a slightly different angle, Matthew Carter was creating screen-optimised fonts decades before all these trendy web font services with the luxuries of modern digital formats and hinting technology came along, among other significant achievements. Hermann Zapf? Carol Twombly? H&FJ have made some very nice fonts. They've also made some so-so fonts, had much more aggressive licensing terms than most major foundries, and arrived several years late to the web fonts party. I'm sorry that their situation has reached what we're hearing about today, but please let's not spend all day indulging in hero worship.