Is anybody using some sort of theory (like the Golden ratio for example) when creating the different weights for a typeface?
Typophile
Weight gain
You can find something about it on the website of Lucas de Groot, http://www.lucasfonts.com. Click information and interpolation theorie.
Pieter
Lots of people use elaborate ’rational’ design theories. They work best when applied after the typeface is already designed. >: )
“Lots of people use elaborate ‘rational’ design theories. They work best when applied after the typeface is already designed”
That’s what I call the “Monday Morning Quarterback” school of design—lots of passing after completion :-)
ChrisL
Only Luc[as]. He da man.
hhp
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