Mar 13, 2025
SQUASH This is a game I take very, very seriously, because I enjoy it so much! What’s with the funny glasses, Nick? They are actually protective eyewear, Nick, for sports. I tried conventional goggles, but found them uncomfortable, so asked my...
Feb 10, 2025
Work in progress: Reviving a 17th century Garalde. This is the italic “m”. THE MECHANICS OF MEANING On the significance of coincidence It’s quite profound the way coincidence attaches importance to objects and ideas that it associates with one another....
Jan 8, 2025
Madonnina. Three-colour photogravure print 4”x 3¼”, from Roberto Ferruzzi’s painting, early 20th century, no printer’s identification. THE MAKING OF A MEME, 1897 How Vittorio Alinari transformed a prize-winning painting into a global icon Vittorio Alinari...
Dec 16, 2024
I’ve recently created specimen prints for a dozen of my typefaces, to this format and size (18” x 24”), somewhat in the manner of pages from a traditional foundry specimen book. THE ART OF THE SPECIMEN My new work is a series of prints inspired by a passion...
Nov 12, 2024
SIXTY YEARS A FAN You’ve been a Rolling Stones fan for 60 years. What got you hooked? Their arrogance. Their riffs may not have been as heavy as the Kinks—(You Really Got Me)—or the Who (Can’t Explain), but still, the sheer gall of following up... 
