Field of Work: Typographer
When was 5 years old, used to use dry transfer font letters - Lettraset.
Works very fast - produced over 1000 fonts. used to sell some for free. sells them now for very cheap (from 33 cents to 9 dollars as aposed to 30 - 70 dollars for some typefaces)
He acknowledges that he works on making fonts for display and not for body text.
"But consider this: I make mostly display fonts. I think designers buy them because they have a particular need based on whatever project they are working on. Text fonts are different. They’re an investment for a designer. " *
however he has designed a font family - Madawaska
Treats display type designs as art equipment for designer:
"And most people buy a display font for a specific use." *
Sometimes he uses old (70's) existing fonts as a base, rebuilds or reworks it for a fresh take on it. This is sometimes for jobs, like t-shirt designs that have to based in a era.
Usual method is to allow influence from external sources, preferes not to copy the source type if reinventing it.
Movatif is a mash up of different font types from 20th century **
* Larabie, R. (2009) Creative Characters, May 2009: Ray Larabie , available at: http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/200905.html, viewed on 28/09/2013.
** Movatif, available at: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typodermic/movatif/, viewed on 28/09/2013.
Ronna Penner
Field of Work - Hand lettering, Typography, Penmanship
Came from a background of loving good penmanship.
Greeting card concept designer, mainly ideas based but included some considerations to hand lettering.
Greeting card typography has to express personality of the type in relation to the meaning:
"Interesting lettering is definitely a part of greeting card design. It has to evoke some kind of emotion on the part of the buyer: happiness, a sense of playfulness, etc, and to ultimately communicate what the buyer wants to express"
Had to search for suitable fonts, often making her own if not find them.
Design script fonts now. Mainly for the use of titles or descriptions in scrapbookers works.
Cookie Nookie:
CookieNookie, available at: http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/typadelic/cookie-nookie/, viewed on 28/09/2013.
Penner, R (2008) Creative Characters, March 2008: Ronna Penner, available at: http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/200803.html, viewed on 28/09/2013.
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