FoundersGrotesk

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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   My understanding of the Brutalism ethos is not about exposing the material itself used in construction, but “… rather the quality of the material… ” A font with it's own BCP's exposed exists! https://djr.com/gimlet
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   I replied above how I do believe it adheres to a Brutalist ethos. We design exactly for my audience, and while we don’t follow trends we’re very aware of the zeitgeist.
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   One could not hope for a better reaction! Thank you!
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   If you tune into our livestream next week, you’ll see me stride onto the stage and confidently throw a steel ball at the… oh.
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   I’d hazard a guess that most posters from the era are hand-lettered, not typeset from fonts. You’ll be hard-pressed to fake a 30’s aesthetic with modern digital fonts.
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   The death of a loved one is almost always a personal tragedy, regardless of age. Overuse of a word doesn’t make it any less so.
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   Hinting is the explicit adjustment of a font’s outlines to snap it to the pixel grid. It’s a similar outcome, but different process.
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   I think you’re referring to “optical sizing” in fonts. In essence, fonts at small sizes are more robust and large sizes have more detail. Very much like comic books illustration, for example. If you blow up a small face on a comic strip and
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   by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

   I agree — it’s been a buzzword in the graphic design industry for at least 10 years now. During Signifier’s 15 year development I've seen many trends surface and disappear! And during the a year we spent working on the marketing concep
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    by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

    I take your points about bitmap fonts for early pixel displays. They were determined by the coarse raster of the screen. But screens have evolved, and manually bitmapping every px size for every physical screen resolution would be a fool&#x
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    by FoundersGrotesk 6y ago

    Kia ora! I’m Kris Sowersby, designer of Signifier and author of the design info post on Klim. First up, I’d like to thank you all for taking the time to read it. I really appreciate it. I’ve neither heard of Hacker News nor been here before