A simple metaphor that can enlighten the ways in which type is made, judged, selected, and used.

Stephen Coles
Writer, Typographer (Oakland, California)
Stephen Coles is an editor and typographer living in Oakland and Berlin. He publishes Fonts In Use and Typographica, consults with type foundries on editorial content and with various organizations on typeface selection and licensing. Stephen is author of the book The Anatomy of Type (The Geometry of Type in the UK), and serves on the…