He needs to step away from the computer and relax.
I don’t disagree with much of what he says, but then I also didn’t disagree with much of what was said by different designers in Gary Hustwit’s “Helvetica” documentary.
Every time people start blathering on about typefaces, this comic comes to mind : http://wondermark.com/650/
I vacillate between being fascinated by those kind of historical perspective/opinion pieces, and wishing they would all die in a fucking fire.
However, true hilarity resides in the comments, where people basically read the first few lines and spew a word-of-the-day toilet paper fuelled invective regarding the emotional impact that criticism of Helvetica has one their frail sensibilities.
He needs to step away from the computer and relax.
I don’t disagree with much of what he says, but then I also didn’t disagree with much of what was said by different designers in Gary Hustwit’s “Helvetica” documentary.
Every time people start blathering on about typefaces, this comic comes to mind : http://wondermark.com/650/
But… but… How can it be bad? Gruber likes it!
Or this one: http://pvponline.com/comic/2009/05/11/the-font-snob/
I vacillate between being fascinated by those kind of historical perspective/opinion pieces, and wishing they would all die in a fucking fire.
However, true hilarity resides in the comments, where people basically read the first few lines and spew a word-of-the-day toilet paper fuelled invective regarding the emotional impact that criticism of Helvetica has one their frail sensibilities.