Category Archives: 6. Parametrized type design

6.3 Notes on the parametrization of creative processes

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Frank E. Blokland

Parametrization of type design processes is a relatively new phenomenon, and the idea is not generally welcomed in a profession that is preferably more associated with art than with craft. In the world of music ‘algorithmic composing’ seems to be … Continue reading →

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6.2 Notes on the parametrization of type design processes

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Frank E. Blokland

My daily work at the Dutch Type Library, as type designer, font producer, and software developer forms a solid basis for the development of my insight. Working not only on my own type designs, but also on the typefaces from … Continue reading →

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6.1 Notes on the construction of letterforms

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Frank E. Blokland

Commonly letters are treated as skeleton forms on which a certain contrast-flow is applied. According to Sumner Stone in an article on Hans Eduard Meier’s Syntax-Antiqua in Fine Print On Type (London, 1989) ‘It seems doubtful that Renaissance scribes thought … Continue reading →

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