Typefaces Quotes

18 quotes by 15 authors

In the new computer age, the proliferation of typefaces and type manipulations represents a new level of visual pollution threatening our culture. Out of thousands… — Massimo Vignelli
The most popular typefaces are the easiest to read; their popularity has made them disappear from conscious cognition. It becomes impossible to tell if they… — Zuzana Licko
The seventies were my fattest decade. Overall I think the seventies were distinctly bulbous. People looked chunky, typefaces were rounded, writing implements penile. — Will Self
Each typeface is a piece of history, like a chip in a mosaic that depicts the development of human communication. Each typeface is also a… — Will Burtin
All typefaces are historical. — Jonathan Hoefler
Someday I'll design a typeface without a K in it, and then let's see the bastards misspell my name. — Frederic Goudy
The meaning is in the content of the text and not in the typeface, and that is why we loved Helvetica very much. — Wim Crouwel
Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood, an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring. — Rick Poynor
When I put my pen to a blank sheet, black isnâ€™t added but rather the white sheet is deprived of light. [] Thus I also… — Adrian Frutiger
Berthold is still a good typeface, but even Berthold has some less than attractive features, and then I just cut them off because I didn't… — Wolfgang Weingart
Anyone who uses Helvetica knows nothing about typefaces. — Wolfgang Weingart
How can there be too many typefaces in the world? Are there too many songs, too many books, too many places to go? — Rian Hughes
Helvetica was a real step from the 19th century typeface... We were impressed by that because it was more neutral, and neutralism was a word… — Wim Crouwel
At first, writing for The New Yorker was very scary to me. I couldn't imagine anything that I would write in that typeface. — David Sedaris
I don't think that type should be expressive at all. I can write the word 'dog' with any typeface and it doesn't have to look… — Massimo Vignelli
If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And… — Steve Jobs
Unlike painting, sculpture, or music, typefaces must be useful to someone. Fortunately for designers, the digital age has produced new problems to solve - developing… — Virginia Postrel
Putting beautiful typefaces on weak ad .. Is like Putting make-up on a corpse it may look beautiful, But it is still dead. — Stavros Cosmopulos

Who Wrote These Typefaces Quotes

15 authors contributed a total of 18 Typefaces Quotes as follows: