Anyone inspired by Typecon?

Dan Gayle7 August 2007 · 07:12

Anyone inspired by Typecon2007 to start a new typeface? There was so much on display to take in and enjoy.

Perhaps after seeing the Veer presentation, you are inspired to do a massive display script project ALA Alejandro Paul? Or was it the next gen text faces coming out of Mexico that really rocked your boat?

I do know one thing, for some reason I don’t think I’m too interested in doing a “grunge” typeface anytime soon...

After speaking with Eben Sorkin, Nick Shinn, Kent Lew and others, I finally decided to sit down last night to start fleshing out the drawings I’ve had about an upright semi-italic text face I’ve been doodling about for the past two years.

What’s your inspiration and/or new project?

blank7 August 2007 · 07:40

I combined my love of type and Boeing projects to start on a new slanted, rounded sans face called Skyliner, which I drew a big chunk of on the plane, and I’ve already started building it in TypeTool. I’ve also been inspired to selling my extra iPod (they’re giving them away with laptops again) and my Intuos 3 (I never use it) so I can buy FontLab. And of course talking to everyone—especially Nick and Delve—gave me food for thought regarding my thesis.

But what was really inspiring was coming back to town and finding out that my awful type professor quit and been replaced by one of my favorite professors. I have quite literally been dreaming about that happening, so these events coinciding with Typecon is so awesome that I’m tempted to find religion.