www.nice-and-good.tumblr.com

(A sarcastic name coming from the most popular and worst descriptive words in our crits at uni)


I have used Tumblr before, but never thought about it as a way of spreading my work and creating an ongoing diary. I have now set one up, designed it and create categories to work with for my research, similar to Pinterest's Board system. 

Adding my own work to be reblogged: 

The blog itself:

I will continue to use this throughout the year to monitor my interests, as well as showcasing my own work. 

My dissertation involved lots of primary research into the opinions of type designers and foundries. 

Below is a list of those who gave me responses used:

Yassin Baggar - Fatype Type Foundry

Sindre Bremnes - Monokrom Type Foundry

Mark van Bronkhorst - MVB Font Type Foundry

Béla Frank - Faber Fonts Type Foundry

Victor Gaultney - Ex Adobe Type Designer

Frode Bo Helland - Monokrom Type Foundry

Gerry Leonidas - Head of Reading (MA) Type Design

Tal Leming - Type Supply Type Foundry

Greg Lindy - LuxTypo Type Foundry

James Montelbano - Terminal Design Type Foundry

Thomas Phinney -  Ex Adobe Type Designer

Rich Roat - House Industries Type Foundry

František Štorm - Storm Type Foundry

Sumner Stone - Ex Adobe Type Designer

Jack Usine - Smeltery Type Foundry 

Carol Wahler - Executive Director of Type Directors Club

I intend on emailing all of those involved with the essay to show the outcome of the practical.