Profile

Full name

Kent Lew

Location

Washington, MA, USA

Occupation

Book Designer & Typographer

Member since

2002-04-19 (13 years 1 week)

Home page

http://www.kentlew.com/Type.html

Threads started 7

• Archive through March 14, 2003
  11 Mar 2003
• TypeCon2008 Education Forum: Call for Speakers
  4 Jan 2008
• A Tabular Question
  22 Jan 2008
• Ordinal Numbers in Various Languages
  27 Feb 2008
• Meet Me at TypeCon
  11 Jul 2008
• 2009 Type Events
  2 Jan 2009
• Historical Types from Gutenberg to Ashendene
  25 Aug 2012

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• Helvetica and "new media designers"
  29 Apr 2002
• Helvetica and "new media designers"
  30 Apr 2002
• Archive through May 24, 2002
  24 May 2002
• Archive through July 08, 2002
  7 Jul 2002
• Want to hang out with the cool kids at the top of the list . . .
  18 Jul 2002
• Open Type Conversion
  29 Jul 2002
• Serif to go with New Gotham typeface for new magazine..
  31 Jul 2002
• Serif to go with New Gotham typeface for new magazine..
  1 Aug 2002
• A linguistic diversion...
  2 Aug 2002
• A linguistic diversion...
  3 Aug 2002
• A linguistic diversion...
  3 Aug 2002
• A linguistic diversion...
  3 Aug 2002
• A linguistic diversion...
  3 Aug 2002
• A linguistic diversion...
  4 Aug 2002
• Leonor
  6 Aug 2002
• Leonor
  7 Aug 2002
• Patria
  7 Aug 2002
• Patria
  8 Aug 2002
• Patria
  10 Aug 2002
• Patria
  12 Aug 2002
• Quick brownie (unnamed sans-serif)
  12 Aug 2002
• Key by Alias
  15 Aug 2002
• Key by Alias
  15 Aug 2002
• My first attempt at magazine design
  16 Aug 2002
• My first attempt at magazine design
  16 Aug 2002
• My first attempt at magazine design
  18 Aug 2002
• My first attempt at magazine design
  18 Aug 2002
• Sans Serif, Sans Dough
  2 Sep 2002
• (x) Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow... - various {gang}
  2 Sep 2002
• (x) Esquire Magazine - Gotham, Vectora, Mercury Display et al {Kent, Jonathan}
  2 Sep 2002
• (x) Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow... - various {gang}
  3 Sep 2002
• Caslon
  5 Sep 2002
• Caslon
  5 Sep 2002
• Arnhem
  10 Sep 2002
• Crane, Fine Paper
  11 Sep 2002
• Fignuts
  13 Sep 2002
• Janiszewski Disqualified
  23 Nov 2002
• Janiszewski Disqualified
  24 Nov 2002
• Janiszewski Disqualified
  25 Nov 2002
• Latina sans
  13 Dec 2002
• Latina sans
  14 Dec 2002
• Suggestions for book typeface
  13 Feb 2003
• Archive through March 07, 2003
  6 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 07, 2003
  6 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 07, 2003
  6 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 07, 2003
  6 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 07, 2003
  7 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 14, 2003
  12 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 14, 2003
  13 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 14, 2003
  13 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 22, 2003
  21 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 21, 2003
  21 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 23, 2003
  21 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 24, 2003
  23 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 25, 2003
  25 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 26, 2003
  25 Mar 2003
• Archive through March 26, 2003
  26 Mar 2003
• (x) negative sans serif text - News Gothic {Chesh}
  28 Mar 2003
• Frutiger Font
  31 Mar 2003
• "Greetings from..." old postcard designs
  1 Apr 2003
• Archive through April 15, 2003
  9 Apr 2003
• Most UNDERused Type
  9 Apr 2003
• Archive through April 15, 2003
  9 Apr 2003
• Archive through April 15, 2003
  9 Apr 2003
• Most UNDERused Type
  23 Apr 2003
• CARTER, MATTHEW
  26 Apr 2003
• CARTER, MATTHEW
  26 Apr 2003
• Wall Street Journal Font?
  20 May 2003
• Wall Street Journal Font?
  21 May 2003
• Typeface with golden proportions
  21 May 2003
• Wall Street Journal Font?
  21 May 2003
• 20 typefaces to start a designers career
  14 Jun 2003
• 20 typefaces to start a designers career
  14 Jun 2003
• Proper use of the TM and
  19 Jun 2003
• Minnesota Daily 1939 font
  27 Jun 2003
• Minnesota Daily 1939 font
  27 Jun 2003
• Minnesota Daily 1939 font
  27 Jun 2003
• *How do you measure you kerning?
  30 Jun 2003
• *How do you measure you kerning?
  1 Jul 2003
• Minnesota Daily 1939 font
  7 Jul 2003
• Archive through August 27, 2003
  26 Aug 2003
• Archive through August 27, 2003
  26 Aug 2003
• Archive through August 27, 2003
  26 Aug 2003
• Archive through August 27, 2003
  26 Aug 2003
• Pixeltrap
  29 Aug 2003
• Enfin Javal!
  30 Sep 2003
• *How do you measure you kerning?
  25 Oct 2003
• AIGA notes
  26 Oct 2003
• *How do you measure you kerning?
  26 Oct 2003
• Ragged type
  2 Nov 2003
• Carter radio interview
  3 Nov 2003
• A little bit of knowledge
  15 Nov 2003
• A little bit of knowledge
  17 Nov 2003
• Math Symbols
  17 Dec 2003
• Math Symbols
  17 Dec 2003
• Math Symbols
  17 Dec 2003
• Masthead for a newspaper
  6 Feb 2004
• Masthead for a newspaper
  6 Feb 2004
• Masthead for a newspaper
  23 Feb 2004
• Double-spacing after periods
  6 Mar 2004
• Double-spacing after periods
  6 Mar 2004
• Double-spacing after periods
  7 Mar 2004
• Pop quiz rides again
  19 Mar 2004
• Simplified Fonts
  20 Mar 2004
• Good type?
  24 Apr 2004
• Archive through May 04, 2004
  3 May 2004
• Archive through May 04, 2004
  3 May 2004
• Shape groups
  29 May 2004
• Stanislav Marso Information request
  8 Jun 2004
• Chunky Book-Faces.
  22 Jun 2004
• Chunky Book-Faces.
  23 Jun 2004
• For Like Ever on Domino's cover
  3 Sep 2006
• Underrated/Underused typefaces
  6 Mar 2007
• Underrated/Underused typefaces
  6 Mar 2007
• Underrated/Underused typefaces
  7 Mar 2007
• Typophile Wiki + John Downer's 'Call It What It Is'
  11 Apr 2007
• Farnham
  18 May 2007
• Your opinions on Century
  28 May 2007
• Your opinions on Century
  28 May 2007
• Saint - "St" or "St." ?
  12 Jun 2007
• Proper placement of exclamdown and questiondown
  12 Jun 2007
• "humanist sans" - 1st use of label?
  18 Jul 2007
• Kerning in real life?
  19 Jul 2007
• roman, book, light - when to use?
  21 Jul 2007
• recycling unused work
  9 Sep 2007
• Proper Naming of Units
  30 Sep 2007
• Proper Naming of Units
  1 Oct 2007
• Proper Naming of Units
  1 Oct 2007
• Proper Naming of Units
  2 Oct 2007
• Advice for legal pleadings
  4 Oct 2007
• Allow a non-breaking space to stretched in justified paragraph
  10 Oct 2007
• Poll: What OS and apps do you use for designing type?
  23 Oct 2007
• Anyone Hate Goudy Old Style?
  12 Nov 2007
• Anyone Hate Goudy Old Style?
  13 Nov 2007
• [ATypI] Maestría en diseño tipográfico
  30 Nov 2007
• Choosing a font for book design?
  5 Dec 2007
• Birthday wishes to devilish Delve
  5 Dec 2007
• Alternative to Papyrus
  7 Dec 2007
• Alternative to Papyrus
  12 Dec 2007
• Seeking Resources for Page-Spread Design
  28 Dec 2007
• Seeking Resources for Page-Spread Design
  1 Jan 2008
• Seeking Resources for Page-Spread Design
  8 Jan 2008
• Seeking Resources for Page-Spread Design
  8 Jan 2008
• Seeking Resources for Page-Spread Design
  12 Jan 2008
• A Tabular Question
  22 Jan 2008
• A Tabular Question
  23 Jan 2008
• Random:Name of big characters at beginning of paragraphs
  24 Jan 2008
• Random:Name of big characters at beginning of paragraphs
  24 Jan 2008
• A Tabular Question
  24 Jan 2008
• Random:Name of big characters at beginning of paragraphs
  25 Jan 2008
• Random:Name of big characters at beginning of paragraphs
  25 Jan 2008
• Why Bembo Sucks
  25 Jan 2008
• InDesign Question
  26 Jan 2008
• Cut and then curved
  4 Feb 2008
• Cut and then curved
  6 Feb 2008
• Cut and then curved
  6 Feb 2008
• Cut and then curved
  6 Feb 2008
• Cut and then curved
  8 Feb 2008
• Cut and then curved
  8 Feb 2008
• Garamond Premier
  9 Feb 2008
• Cut and then curved
  9 Feb 2008
• Garamond Premier
  9 Feb 2008
• Garamond Premier
  10 Feb 2008
• Garamond Premier
  10 Feb 2008
• Garamond Premier
  11 Feb 2008
• Garamond Premier
  12 Feb 2008
• Choosing a font for book design?
  16 Feb 2008
• Ellipsis style
  20 Feb 2008
• Ellipsis style
  20 Feb 2008
• Giovanni Battista Bodoni or Giambattista Bodoni?
  22 Feb 2008
• Choosing a font for book design?
  26 Feb 2008
• Van Dijck
  27 Feb 2008
• Ordinal Numbers in Various Languages
  27 Feb 2008
• Ordinal Numbers in Various Languages
  28 Feb 2008
• Ordinal Numbers in Various Languages
  29 Feb 2008
• Ordinal Numbers in Various Languages
  1 Mar 2008
• oodles of poodles
  4 Mar 2008
• Identify this . . . paper?
  10 Mar 2008
• Identify this . . . paper?
  11 Mar 2008
• Calgary: March meeting
  19 Mar 2008
• A Serif with Serifs? What else is funny?
  20 Mar 2008
• Nicholas Jenson, 1475; Another possible Contextual Alternative example?
  6 Apr 2008
• RE: ch & ck in German : please enlighten me!
  9 Apr 2008
• numbers in font names
  22 Apr 2008
• Beaux-Arts Style Font
  23 Apr 2008
• Newspaper font size?
  28 Apr 2008
• Newspaper font size?
  28 Apr 2008
• Newspaper font size?
  29 Apr 2008
• Help!
  20 May 2008
• Knocked Out - Alternatives to Knockout
  22 May 2008
• Teaching Typography
  29 May 2008
• Teaching Typography
  31 May 2008
• 1943 geometrical typeface
  30 Jun 2008
• Alternatives to Franklin Gothic, Trade Gothic, and News Gothic
  3 Jul 2008
• Meet Me at TypeCon
  15 Jul 2008
• Meet Me at TypeCon
  15 Jul 2008
• Meet Me at TypeCon
  16 Jul 2008
• Didot type by J. L. Vafflard
  16 Jul 2008
• 't hey' ID
  28 Jul 2008
• What's the legality of using fonts internationally?
  4 Aug 2008
• what makes an italic belong to its family.
  18 Sep 2008
• Newspaper typefaces in early 1900’s for small western US paper
  19 Sep 2008
• what makes an italic belong to its family.
  20 Sep 2008
• Newspaper typefaces in early 1900’s for small western US paper
  20 Sep 2008
• Alternative(s) to Kingfisher
  2 Oct 2008
• "Asymmetrical" joins on the N?
  5 Oct 2008
• Alternative(s) to Kingfisher
  5 Oct 2008
• "Asymmetrical" joins on the N?
  6 Oct 2008
• word spacing in inDesign
  9 Oct 2008
• word spacing in inDesign
  9 Oct 2008
• word spacing in inDesign
  9 Oct 2008
• Where to put the Ss serifs in a slab?
  20 Oct 2008
• Legibility/Aesthetics - Improving the reader experience.
  23 Oct 2008
• Type setters apron -
  25 Oct 2008
• Font for a fridge
  31 Oct 2008
• Variation of Pistilli Roman?
  4 Nov 2008
• Microsoft's Malayalam Typeface
  8 Nov 2008
• Sunday Topic - The textfaces of the 15 books I read recently
  9 Nov 2008
• Getting your font sold
  19 Nov 2008
• Two Lines English Egyptian
  23 Nov 2008
• Whitman Bold Italic
  26 Nov 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  2 Dec 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  3 Dec 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  3 Dec 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  3 Dec 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  3 Dec 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  3 Dec 2008
• Preparing a book about forgotten typefaces: help needed
  4 Dec 2008
• Right/left eye dominant
  19 Dec 2008
• Which curve is your favorite?
  19 Dec 2008
• Do you set text to the baseline GRiD?
  30 Dec 2008
• Granjon's Gros Cicero
  31 Dec 2008
• Do you set text to the baseline GRiD?
  31 Dec 2008
• Granjon's Gros Cicero
  31 Dec 2008
• Granjon's Gros Cicero
  1 Jan 2009
• Granjon's Gros Cicero
  1 Jan 2009
• 2009 Type Events
  5 Jan 2009
• Forgotten Fonts?
  5 Jan 2009
• 2009 Type Events
  6 Jan 2009
• Copyright symbol - spacing and order
  15 Jan 2009
• Sabon
  16 Jan 2009
• Sabon
  16 Jan 2009
• Registered trademark scaling in body copy and logo design
  5 May 2010
• White text on CMYK black
  26 Sep 2010
• Newspaper text faces
  28 Sep 2010
• new member in Vermont, US
  7 Oct 2010
• Am I in a rut?
  11 Oct 2010
• help on children's book layout
  22 Oct 2010
• Physically enlarging text via measurements?
  30 Oct 2010
• Linotype: The Film
  5 Nov 2010
• Anthropomorphism & Zoomorphism in Typography
  17 Nov 2010
• 504 guests online
  24 Nov 2010
• EDITION PETERS Font
  26 Nov 2010
• Heavy Humanist Serif - New Design
  1 Dec 2010
• Collaborative Typefaces
  2 Dec 2010
• Franklin Gothic vs Akzidenz Grotesk, Hypatia Sans, Whitman & Foundries
  7 Dec 2010
• Franklin Gothic vs Akzidenz Grotesk, Hypatia Sans, Whitman & Foundries
  7 Dec 2010
• Franklin Gothic vs Akzidenz Grotesk, Hypatia Sans, Whitman & Foundries
  7 Dec 2010
• Franklin Gothic vs Akzidenz Grotesk, Hypatia Sans, Whitman & Foundries
  8 Dec 2010
• Franklin Gothic vs Akzidenz Grotesk, Hypatia Sans, Whitman & Foundries
  8 Dec 2010
• Book Design - Bodoni?
  9 Dec 2010
• Who designed Monotype Ehrhardt?
  13 Dec 2010
• Who designed Monotype Ehrhardt?
  14 Dec 2010
• Plans? Typophile on iPad
  20 Dec 2010
• Mastering fonts
  22 Dec 2010
• Mastering fonts
  22 Dec 2010
• Merry [Orthodox] Christmas!
  8 Jan 2011
• diacritical map
  13 Jan 2011
• An Ideal Page: Line length, Leading, Margins, Page Size, Etc.
  19 Jan 2011
• International quotation marks
  26 Jan 2011
• legibility/readability terms
  20 Feb 2011
• Rearranging the default character set of a typeface
  23 Feb 2011
• Help with kerning this nameplate
  23 Feb 2011
• Doyald Young R.I.P.
  1 Mar 2011
• InDesign styles
  4 Mar 2011
• kerning issues
  5 Mar 2011
• What is in a name...
  9 Mar 2011
• Hi type fanatics, what do you do when not poring over type?
  9 Mar 2011
• What is in a name...
  9 Mar 2011
• Beautifully Justified Columns?
  10 Mar 2011
• Font Friendly E-Book Readers
  13 Mar 2011
• Beautifully Justified Columns?
  14 Mar 2011
• Italian Baroque Text Font?
  18 Mar 2011
• An Experiment in (Typographic) Criticism
  26 Mar 2011
• Free vs. commercial
  29 Mar 2011
• Alinea Sans: weirdly spaced numerals
  30 Mar 2011
• Alinea Sans: weirdly spaced numerals
  31 Mar 2011
• Small Caps with swashes
  1 Apr 2011
• Century fonts / US Supreme Court
  8 Apr 2011
• Kerning Pairs gf and gy in Italic Fonts
  8 Apr 2011
• List of graded Typefaces
  21 Apr 2011
• Anyone know what font this is?
  11 Feb 2012
• Ultra Condensed Serif typeface
  14 Feb 2012
• Hoodie freebe at http://typographyshop.com/
  27 Feb 2012
• Adobe Opentype Univers Roman set to metrics…
  29 Feb 2012
• Adobe Opentype Univers Roman set to metrics…
  4 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  4 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  4 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  4 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  5 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  5 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  5 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  5 Mar 2012
• Resolution: what's reasonable?
  5 Mar 2012
• Question about orthography in the Cheyenne language
  13 Mar 2012
• Why so few small cap dollar sign designs
  21 Mar 2012
• Why so few small cap dollar sign designs
  21 Mar 2012
• Why so few small cap dollar sign designs
  22 Mar 2012
• Why is Bold Italic a bastard stepchild?
  9 Apr 2012
• Analyzing unitized glyph widths
  9 Apr 2012
• Analyzing unitized glyph widths
  9 Apr 2012
• Analyzing unitized glyph widths
  10 Apr 2012
• Why is Bold Italic a bastard stepchild?
  10 Apr 2012
• Analyzing unitized glyph widths
  10 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  11 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  11 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  11 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  11 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  11 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  12 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  12 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  12 Apr 2012
• Extremely well-spaced & kerned fonts?
  13 Apr 2012
• A flipper font as body text to simulate handwriting.
  18 Apr 2012
• Talking about glyphs
  19 Apr 2012
• A flipper font as body text to simulate handwriting.
  19 Apr 2012
• WAD to RR: a letter about designing T Y P E
  20 Apr 2012
• A flipper font as body text to simulate handwriting.
  20 Apr 2012
• WAD to RR: a letter about designing T Y P E
  21 Apr 2012
• Trump Mediaeval Questions
  21 Apr 2012
• Is Baskerville for text?
  23 Apr 2012
• Print v Screen Typography
  25 Apr 2012
• Linden Hill
  27 Apr 2012
• Trump Mediaeval Questions
  28 Apr 2012
• Trump Mediaeval Questions
  28 Apr 2012
• Trump Mediaeval Questions
  29 Apr 2012
• Alternatives to Chronicle Display Condensed Semi?
  3 May 2012
• Overlapping components in TrueType webfonts?
  15 May 2012
• Should we use a baseline grid for page layout or not?
  18 May 2012
• Problem with font when printing Office (PowerPoint/Word) to PDF
  19 May 2012
• They're building a new font, right now.
  9 Jun 2012
• Euro 2012: what, no Cyrillics?
  16 Jun 2012
• Whatever became of this design?
  18 Jun 2012
• Eye article on Readability/Legibility
  25 Jun 2012
• Romney Logo
  29 Jun 2012
• Romney Logo
  2 Jul 2012
• Famous members of the Black family
  7 Jul 2012
• Identifying art deco font? At a loss for identifying
  9 Jul 2012
• Humanizing Robots
  14 Jul 2012
• French Punctuation (Extra Spacing)
  16 Jul 2012
• French Punctuation (Extra Spacing)
  17 Jul 2012
• French Punctuation (Extra Spacing)
  17 Jul 2012
• French Punctuation (Extra Spacing)
  18 Jul 2012
• Calling all Thomas Phinneys, or reasonable facsimiles thereof...
  22 Jul 2012
• Page 1: Great Expectations
  23 Jul 2012
• Is Times Roman the first ever custom typeface for a newspaper?
  27 Jul 2012
• Is Times Roman the first ever custom typeface for a newspaper?
  27 Jul 2012
• Is Times Roman the first ever custom typeface for a newspaper?
  28 Jul 2012
• Rare Font Styles?
  10 Aug 2012
• Will it print, will it read?
  14 Aug 2012
• Will it print, will it read?
  14 Aug 2012
• Frutiger-esque sans to play well with Parkinson?
  20 Aug 2012
• Other Chromatic Typefaces like History
  21 Aug 2012
• Historical Types from Gutenberg to Ashendene
  26 Aug 2012
• Historical Types from Gutenberg to Ashendene
  27 Aug 2012
• Historical Types from Gutenberg to Ashendene
  27 Aug 2012
• Suggestions for fonts for Children?
  31 Aug 2012
• Canceling my Typophile acct
  3 Oct 2012
• Canceling my Typophile acct
  3 Oct 2012
• Canceling my Typophile acct
  4 Oct 2012
• Brackets in Baskerville (MT) Italic
  2 Jan 2013
• Punctuation pugilistics & lovely lettering
  27 Jan 2013
• Punctuation pugilistics & lovely lettering
  30 Jan 2013
• Your Favorite Unpublished Metal Typefaces?
  1 Feb 2014
• Hunting for a high contrast serif headline font to debut with the redesign of well established high end Fine Art magazine.
  16 Feb 2014