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Published May 8, 2014

Nicholson Baker: “Wrapping Sentences Around Things”

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This made a couple of people in my Twitter feed very, very happy today — author Nicholson Baker talking about writing, design and the influence of his parents, who both studied at Parsons School of Design in New York, at Lingua Franca: The 2014 D-Crit Conference at the School of Visual Arts last week:

As Michael Bierut noted on Twitter, Nicholson Baker’s father was a graphic designer who worked for the great Erik Nitsche! Who knew?

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Published April 19, 2014

Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces

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Type designer Matthew Carter, creator of typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial, talks about his career, working within constraints, and the connection between technology and type for TED Talks: