Matthew Carter and Cyrus Highsmith Interviewed for NY Times Blog
At the New York Times’s blog Campaign Stops, Steve Heller interviews designers and typographers about the McCain campaign’s use of the typeface, Optima.
As-Salāmu `Alaykum (السلام عليكم)
Arabic calligraphy is the most beautiful calligraphic tradition in the world, in my opinion. The birth of my niece gave me an opportunity to try it myself. Above is a sketch I drew of her name in the kufic style. I liked how it came out until it was very politely pointed out to me that I had spelled it wrong. Back to the old drawing board, as they say.
From the Archives: Typographica’s Interview with Cyrus Highsmith
http://typographica.org/001155.php
“He has been called ‘one of the truly original new voices in American type design’ on account of his vast range of new typefaces, alongside numerous revivalist projects.”
Нужно ли нам больше шрифтов?
Zahar Yashchin has posted a Russian translation of a version my essay “No, There Are Not Enough Typefaces Already” published in the Type Directors Club winter 2008 publication, Letterspace.
Thanks to Maxim Zhukov for making the connections.
I like how it looks in Cyrillic.
Eye Magazine Profile: Cyrus Highsmith
http://eyemagazine.com/feature.php?id=130&fid=569
“Type designer Cyrus Highsmith learnt the craft through both study and apprenticeship”
