David Jonathan Ross - DJR » Type samples http://djr.com Typeface design and typography by David Jonathan Ross, including the Trilby font, Manicotti font, and Climax font. Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Who Shot the Serif? http://djr.com/2010/02/who-shot-the-serif/ http://djr.com/2010/02/who-shot-the-serif/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:20:31 +0000 David http://djr.com/?p=309 I'm convinced that reversed-stress slabs can offer more to typography than the novelty of gunslingers and swinging saloon doors. There's something enticing about their clunky backwardness that should not be left out of our typographic vocabulary.

My quote from Allan Haley’s very nice piece on Trilby in February’s issue of HOW Magazine, part of an article featuring new serif faces.

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Just got back from Iceland. Cool name, cooler place. Set in Trilby-Medium Italic.

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Pulled from an old project for Font Aid IV.

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