Fifty Years of Type Design: A Personal Retrospective from March 1976
By
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Crackles when you bite it. Shows the baker did the work.
Summary
A personal retrospective by the author about discovering type design 50 years ago in March 1976, during their second year of a commercial art program at North Hennepin Community College in Minnesota. The author reflects on initially pursuing illustration while also being interested in graphic design, and studying art history, drawing, painting, lettering, and printmaking.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledFifty years ago this month, March 1976, at 20 years old, is when my interest in type design began.
I was in my second year of a two-year commercial art program at North Hennepin Community College, in a northern suburb of Minneapolis.
At first I was thinking of pursuing a career as an illustrator, but I was also interested in graphic design.
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