Thursday 11th February there was another great talk on Typography mainly by Bruno Maag. He was quite the character expressing his dislike for the typeface Helvetica saying it was boring and plain with no real character to it. He too was very interested in Arabic type. he felt that he had explored the western typography a lot and wanted a challenge, as arabic was such a scripty type that typefaces never really differed for it. He also explored the creation of a typeface, its seemed like a lengthy process with many technical terms like 'hinting' which I had never heard before. But it was really fascinating and my favourite part was when he said '"I don't want stark and austere. Twirlies!" - Bruno Maag. A great talk that opened up my eyes to another area within design.
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