Pure awesome.

Matthew Butterick, having drawn one of my favorite remixes of Bulmer, is now apparently an attorney. It's probably a better living than a type designer makes, and at least he gets to do some good, to wit: Typography for Lawyers, which could be subtitled "(and anyone else in business)", because most of its content applies equally to anyone who has to set type (which is everyone who uses a computer nowadays). I'll take issue with his opinion on hyphenation as it applies outside the legal profession, as sometimes word breaks are necessary to maintain a lively rag, which is more important to comprehension than you might think, but: this is good, well-written, and very necessary stuff. Via Design Observer.

Posted by Adam McIsaac in Typography | 09 September 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post

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