I LOVE Graphic Design
24 Jul
Graphic Design makes my heart sing a little bit. Looking at the way text looks on a page really does it for me. Letter forms are gorgeous to me – the way a famous painting might be gorgeous to you. In my college figure drawing class, my professor tried to dissuade me from being a Graphic Designer and consider becoming an illustrator. He said to me “so you like fonts?” with a tone of belittlement in his voice. I had to just laugh. Fonts – typefaces – are so beautiful to me. I love them and to me they are art.
I tend to love sans serif fonts. I tend to love modern (referring to the mid century movement, not referring to contemporary) sans serif fonts. A few typefaces I love:
Helvetica
Bebas
Bauhaus ITC
Gotham (Hoefler and Frere-Jones)
Copse
There are a few seriffed typefaces i like as well:
Courier
Museo
Acropolis (Hoefler and Frere-Jones)
Archer (Hoefler and Frere-Jones)
Alexandria FLF