The biggest change to happen to typography, just happened. The majority of people interacting with type, have shifted from pages, to screens. Less and less of this type on screens, over the last decade, is a preview, becoming instead the final output, or I should say, it’s become, one of ‘our’ main inputs. How’s it working for you? Pretty good. Me too. But sometimes … At the same time, or roughly from 1984 to 2004, screen resolutions have gone up, from around 72 dots per inch, to around 90 dots per inch, having a dramatic visual effect on the details of type, as seen, as composed, and as designed. Well, then, what happens when all this has to go to sea?
David Berlow
The Font Bureau
David Berlow entered the type industry in 1978 as a letter designer for the respected Mergenthaler, Linotype, Stempel, and Haas typefoundries. He joined the newly formed digital type supplier, Bitstream, Inc. in 1982. After Berlow left Bitstream in 1989, he founded The Font Bureau, Inc. with Roger Black. Font Bureau…
