June 2012 Typeface Designers: Men or Gods? When it comes to a simple comic font, we’re solidly in the realm of men. Allow me to wax archaic. A “font” is defined as all the characters (or “sorts”) of a particular size in a particular...
April 2012 How to pay your designer less The six most terror-inducing words I ever hear, except for “It’s about time for another colonoscopy” are “Can you give me a bid?” The sweat flows. The throat dries. Because the fact is, I have no idea. I could bid for my...
February, 2012 When Is 4 Inches Like 24 Feet? This has nothing to do with the joke about why there aren’t more woman engineers. But it can be, if you want. I spent the last month cranking out dozens of Internet banner ads for a client selling a free financial...
Knowing Time By Light is finalist in Utah Book Award contest A couple of years ago, my friend Dave Hall, a fine artist, asked if I wanted to design a book for his other friend, poet Joel Long. I heard—from other, jealous impressionists—we’re Dave’s only...
October, 2011 It can happen, honest Here’s the problem: I design letterheads for people, and they send off pretty letters, which is good, but they also use them for various presentations, which is also…good. Well, sort of good. Ideally, these presentations would each...
