The day I discovered type design (marksimonson.com)

by ingve • 8 comments • 97 points

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[−] furyofantares 57d ago

> Lettering design I did for my high school yearbook in 1974.

Anyone else get an optical illusion effect from this? Looks like it's continually zooming out to me.

[−] jmcmichael 57d ago

yeah, that’s called chromostereopsis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromostereopsis

[−] fuzzylightbulb 57d ago

Same. Those colors were an intentional (and effective) choice

[−] _0ffh 57d ago

I took a look and it's probably a color isoluminance effect.

[−] mosessupposed 57d ago

Ah, that's the guy who designed my favorite typeface. I once ran a weekly newspaper that was about 70% Etna. It's a fabulous family, lots of character (and characters - heh) while still crazy versatile.

[−] sebastianmestre 57d ago

TFA is about letters, not programming in Haskell like I had assumed

[−] smitty1e 57d ago

One is fascinated by how others can be enthralled by something that seems, at first blush, so much polishing of the cannon ball.

But that's OK. The world is a better place for not being ruled by my bland tastes.

If I had to design a typeface, I'd bring back retro characters like thorn: Þ.