Thanks kris!
FYI, there's an illustration missing - it should be added by the end of the day.

(You see, I had to post something quickly, otherwise John's parenthetical prediction in his opening sentence would have been wrong. :-)

hhp

"Loved the interview, Hrant! THX for letting us peek through the skylight in yo' head. It confirmed some suspicions of mine"

Is that a nice way of saying that Hrant has a big hole in his head?..... ;?)

Is that a recent photo of you Hrant that you use when posting?

gln

That photo is very old - I was half the age. But after an eleven-year absence I do have that goatee back again, so the photo actually looks more like me now than it did for a long while!

hhp

Hrant, I enjoyed the interview, thanks for sharing your thinking and your time!

Jon

Hi Hrant,
Thanks for the interview. Your ideas are very crispy and that's nice to read.

Nicolien

i really like the line:

'I really love hounds, they�re the newspaper fonts of the dog world.'

question is: what are hounds of the newspaper font world?

surely not baskerville

Great interview. I haven't been a part of typophile that long at all, but it didn't take more than a few first hours on these pages to know that you're one of the greats.

Thanks for all the insights!

> what are hounds of the newspaper font world?

It's not a news face, but I've always seen Quadraat as a bloodhound. Times is a bit self-conscious, so maybe an Ibizan (although it's very hard picturing Morison in a trance club): http://www.akc.org/breeds/recbreeds/ibizan.cfm

Baskerville? Some kind of terrier - maybe an Airedale.

hhp

JC: You�re a prolific contributor to the type lists and forums. How do you balance your writing with your type design � and oh yeah � with your day job and family?

HHP: I think the worst thing I could do to anybody who might actually be interested in this question would be to truncate their stimulating guesswork. An exposition of the reality � in fact merely my perception of such � would certainly be less motivational than what the average imagination can create.

Oh, my gosh. That definitely wins the Donald Rumsfeld Award for Creative Obsfucation and Non-Informative Response. [grin]

Nice work, both Jon & Hrant.

Rummy is a hack. He needs to read some Disraeli.

hhp

In that case, how do you prounce
your name?

In which case?
Usually it's pronounced huh-RUNT, the second part just like the English word of that spelling (soft "r", "uh" not "oo"). In Eastern Armenian the ending is a "d". In French it sounds like a pig being run over.

hhp

Aw man! I think that the pronunciation of "Hrant" was a bigger mystery than what you do with your free time! :*) (my emoticon has a bloody nose, I think)

>Rummy is a hack. He needs to read some Disraeli.

Hm? I've always admired Disraeli from afar. Any recommendations?

No idea. I mostly know him from reputation. Seems like a weasel to me, but you gotta respect his golden tongue. Except nobody can beat William Buckley: he can make perfect sense yet prevent 95% of people from understanding him.

hhp

Seems like a weasel to me, but you gotta respect his golden tongue.

A contrast perfectly captured in the title of Jean Negulesco's biographical film, starring a young John Gielgud as Disraeli: The Mudlark