the difference between a typeface and a font. It seems like a small technical detail, but in reality, understanding it can save you time, money, and legal headaches.
I’ve been reflecting on the idea of prefab design—inspired by Elizabeth Goodspeed’s recent piece on prefab brand identities—and wondering how this applies to typography.
Traditional type education often relies on “training the eye.” Students are taught to judge proportions and spacing the way their teachers do. But this easily turns into a closed loop: subjectivity is passed on, reinforced, and rarely questioned.
In Europe, the use of Google Fonts is no longer considered safe from a data privacy standpoint.