The Day I Discovered Type Design
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- #Type Design
- #Graphic Design
- The author discovered their interest in type design at 20 years old in March 1976 while studying commercial art at North Hennepin Community College.
- Initially considering illustration, the author also explored graphic design, art history, and lettering, which became pivotal in their career.
- A project in an advanced lettering class, taught by Lance Kiland, sparked the author's passion for type design, emphasizing the importance of hand lettering before digital typesetting.
- The author's early exposure to rubdown type and typography catalogs, influenced by their uncle Knut, a graphic designer, cultivated their love for type.
- Discovering U&lc magazine, designed by Herb Lubalin, and seeing ITC's call for typeface submissions inspired the author to pursue type design professionally.
- The author's college project, 'Uncial Sans,' a geometric sans serif based on uncial calligraphy, marked the beginning of their type design journey.
- Despite decades in graphic design and illustration, the author's dream of designing typefaces persisted, culminating in their first published typeface in the mid-1990s.