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Future font designers at KU

By Josh | Published: January 8, 2008

I’m pleased to announce that I will be teaching Lettering and Font Design at my alma mater, KU starting January 17th. This is going to be a incredible experience and learning opportunity for me and I can’t wait to get started. The postings have slowed down as I’ve been getting prepared for the class but [...]

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I, for one, welcome our new calligraphic robot overlords.

By Josh | Published: November 13, 2007

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/sets/72157601299541354/
Very cool, however, it seems that it’s actually drawing the letters rather than making them with a series of single strokes with a broad edge nib. So it’s not much more than a glorified digital printer. But don’t tell that to the robot.
You’re safe, human calligraphers… for now.
via Hoefler & Frere-Jones

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