The Handwriting of Type Designers

jamie found this blog post wherein an Australian Web technologist, Cameron Adams, wondered whether the handwriting of his favorite type designers encoded some sort of influence on their designs. So he wrote to them and asked for a sample. The result will make you slow down and appreciate the beauty and the aesthetics of type. Or else it won't.

Comments

I had no idea

[deepgrey]

that there are so many people who are renowned for creating text... and that someone would have a "favorite." Incredible.

Re:Naw, it dosen't

[cencithomas]

Man, Marian Bantjes absolutely won that little penmanship-contest-that-wasn't, no? Amazing to have three different kinds of awesome penmanship. I can barely manage one.

Re:I'm facinated

[kencurry]

was modding but have to post...

"...can be just as "lazy" or sloppy as me."

Seriously?

I thought their writing was gorgeous; compared to my horrible chicken scratches.

Dude, if you want to see sloppy writing, I will send you a sample.

Re:I'm facinated

[cerberusss]

I can't recall the last time I wrote out a full sentence. I probably haven't done more than a dozen in the last ten years. It's just notes and lables now.

I like writing letters. When I was young, I'd write letters to my favorite uncle and grandma, and now when I'm older and support two Plan International children, I write letters to those.
 
I'm European and have an Indian friend with a 6-year-old. For his birthday, I wrote a letter to the little guy, who was totally amazed that someone would write him a real letter :-)