Prof. Erik Spiekermann
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Prof. Erik Spiekermann
@espiekermann
Typomaniac. Founder MetaDesign 1979, FontShop 1988, Edenspiekermann 2002, Hacking Gutenberg p98a 2013. mastodon.online/@erikspiekerma…
- Replying to @BigBsnaggy45 and @JoJoFromJerzAl Capone got arrested for bad bookkeeping
- Replying to @DrJimFanso those who cannot read properly have to guess the meaning of the word from the initials? I would call that redundant, overdesigned, silly. For the rare cases where that might work, I can design a few letters myself
- Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard? Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you Me: Not now Dad Dad: Not asking for a Designer to help, are they? Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now Dad: Go and tell them it’s tracking, not kerning.
- It’s not enough to have no concept, you also have to be unable to express it.A new logo for Johnson & Johnson, replacing the old scripted logo which had been in use since *checks notes* 1887!
- Replying to @JPHilllllllThat’s why rich people are rich: they don’t spend money on other people
- This is one of the worst pieces of typography I’ve seen in a long time. Bad spacing (that MM is one big spot, parfums is a blob), word spaces too big. Helvetica caps are the most boring choice ever. Sucks.
- Replying to @gopricette and @LaurelCoonsit’s called learning. Happens at schools and in books
- The assholes at #Facebook are naming themselves Meta, 42 (the answer is 42!) years after I named our design company #MetaDesign in 1979. Guess it’s not worth fighting over it. Happy to know that gilding a turd won’t change its substance.
- Ok, everybody. I wrote a bad tweet with a bad choice of words at the wrong time. Will never do click “send” so quickly again. Sorry, Laura!
- Best source for paper sizes ever, and info set in a great typeface: Work Sans papersizes.io via @presentcorrect
