Talk:Type design

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"Someone who designs type is called a type designer, not a font designer, nor a fontologist, nor an alphabetician". LOL how about a "fontographer"? ;) Theanthrope 20:25, 17 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I've never heard anyone called a 'fontographer' - surely this is a joke. Type designer, typographer or typographic designer, sure. 'Fontographer' is just one application that some people may use (although possibly not purists). Agendum 08:07, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. I don't think there is a difference b/w type designer and typographer either, typographer being the more correct term. Clubmarx 20:02, Nov 24, 2004 (UTC)

"Typography is the art and technique of setting written subject matter in type using a combination of fonts, font size, line length, leading (line spacing) and individual and overall letter spacing. Typography is performed by typesetters, compositors, typographers, graphic artists, art directors, clerical workers, lay users and children. Until the Digital Age typography was a specialized occupation. Digitization opened up typography to lay users and new generations of visual designers."(from typography)

so, i think the meaning of the concepts of ´typography design(-er)´ and´typographer´ is much wider and different from designing a single ´font´ or a ´font family´. typography is an area of a layout designer or graphic designer or an art director. ´type design´ is more comprehensible, but i think the right answer is "Typeface design".Ciup 21:52, 15 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]