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Who needs another German type designer?

Who needs another German type designer?

This is one of the first questions Gerry asks aspiring typeface designers, and is usually met with the sound of jaws hitting the floor. Yet typeface design is the most obvious area where design is losing any regional identity it had (such as it was). In the process, it confronts us with questions about typography, and our roles in design. It also makes things really exciting.

Gerry Leonidas

May 18, 2013
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  2. German German German German Austrian (+ Swiss) France, Israel, Italy,

    Japan, South Korea (and UK ) Monday, 20 May 13
  3. Type design as a career To be good enough to

    be paid repeatedly for something you are motivated to do for many years. Monday, 20 May 13
  4. David Berlow, Petr and Erik van Blokland, Jonathan Hoefler and

    Tobias Frere-Jones, Martin Majoor, Fred Smeijers, Jason Smith, Jeremy Tankard, Zuzana Licko… Monday, 20 May 13
  5. Studying type design Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France,

    Germany, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, UK, USA (and others) Monday, 20 May 13
  6. > break down of unified learning experience > threat to

    global assessment > focus on quantitative Monday, 20 May 13
  7. Type design as agile education > face to face >

    facing desks > everything public > mixed groups Monday, 20 May 13
  8. > eye openers > foundational history > thinking prompts >

    script skills > disruptors Monday, 20 May 13