I wonder why uncials have always left me cold. I have never liked these forms. Maybe it’s just a question of my not being sufficiently evolved to appreciate them?
@onpaperwings I have these very strong typographic biases that I have never really understood; I’m not sure where they come from. Maybe part of it comes from growing up surrounded by (really well typeset) books and magazines, setting type myself as the EIC of my high school newspaper… So I love tightness, condensedness, low contrast. Even when these things are not necessarily appropriate for all contexts!
@litherland That’s interesting. I’m somewhat the opposite; not even knowing what graphic design was until I was a graphic design major in college (I only knew that I liked computers and art).
But same: I have very strong preferences. I think maybe my dislike of uncials comes from my dislike of unicase alphabets too?
Also, never been a fan of handwriting typefaces, either. Have always felt that if you want a handwriting feel, why not just … hand write it?
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