Laura Worthington

• maker of script typefaces;
• script fonts replace custom lettering, fills the role;
• the fluidity and flow in the letters;
• Hummingbird;
• using a lot of contextual alternatives for handwritten feeling;
• drop letters such as /t or /l below the baseline as alternatives;
• the way to connect /e with other characters exit, how we write it by hand should be simliar;
• standard vs. discretionary ligatures;
• swashes looks simliar on all descenders;
• uppercase characters in script typeface is unconnected;
• use of user guides to help customers use the font.

Tobias Frere-Jones

• signature as a security;
• Jack Lew signature;
• Obama comment on someones signature;
• Benjamin Franklin continental ten shilling bill;
• How the letters are \\ ||| ///;
• use of rotated /p and /N to reveal counterfeits;
• “letterforms being a matter of national security”;
• “United States” written inside each letter on bank notes;
• Bulgarian lottery tickets.

Vitaly Friedman

• Webfont performance;
• the Guardian separation of concerns;
• core content;
• enhancement;
• leftovers;
• BBC “cutting the mustard”;
• localFont

Indra Kupferschmid

• typeface … read … also see; (can’t recall the quote)
• to look like the media, e.g. a newspaper looking like a newspaper to be trustworthy;
• type groups + adjectives;
• choose with harmony or with contrast;
• start from the type group, narrow down to find your typeface;
• a historical reference?
• look at the target group for the text
• large x-height with diacritics might be a mess;
• germans might like large x-height because of the capitals;
• “Celebrates the beginning of a sentence”;
• purpose of typeface;
• test with content and with technology;
• appropriate size.

Oliver Reichenstein

• Using Mount Fuji to locate;
• the topic sentence, three supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence;
• information architecture is the negative space in a typeface; about moving between silos rather than organising content.

More to come…