Newly written and published in Tokyo’s PingMag: an interview with Akira Kobayashi, designer of FF Clifford and author of the best book on Western typography that you’ve never read.
http://www.pingmag.jp/2006/03/24/akira-kobayashi-transcending-typographic-boundaries/
This is bound to be headslappingly obvoius to someone - any ideas guys?
Privateortheris,
Please don’t hijack other threads. Take your Type ID question to the Type ID forum:
(and read the “posting Guidelines” at the top of the forums.)
ChrisL
Sorry chaps - done that - genuine up-cock. Chris Mitch
No sweat.
ChrisL
Thank you, Ian.
Funny, for a second I thought he was talking
about Kobayashi’s imminent PalATINO-sans!
hhp
Yeah, me too…
Or Rudolf Val
ChrisL
His Axis font (sample attached) is just about what I would consider my perfect sans. To me that is about as clean as it comes.
Thanks for the post, Ian!
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