Category Archives: Typography

RIP Doyald Young

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We were very saddened to hear of the passing of Doyald Young, prolific lettering artist and logotype designer. It was by chance that we discovered the news as we were watching a very interesting documentary about him on Lynda.com. In it Doyald was discussing the work of other typographers which he admires, in particular that of Frank Blokland and his foundry the Dutch Type Library. We visited the site and that’s when we read that he passed away last month. A great loss to us all.

I only wish we’d been able to meet him in person, but we can remember him through his work and his words. For example, he described his book ‘Dangeous Curves‘ as an attempt ‘to show both emerging and expert designers how, in an age of computer-dominated design, the designer can turn to their very own hands for both inspiration and solution’. This really makes us smile 🙂

Image taken from the Dutch Type Library – a still from Lynda.com’s documentary

A master craftsman and educator who we will continue to learn from. Rest in Peace Doyald and thank you.

Find out more about Doyald Young here:
http://doyaldyoung.com/

Out of Sorts

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During a field trip to Bradford Industrial Museum, gathering texture photos of the machines there, we stumbled upon a blast from the past in terms of graphic design.


A collection of printing equipment, typesetters and more were on display reminding us of just how much computers have simplified things and allowed us so much more freedom in how we work with type and layout than must have been available before.

Oh and we also found what may have coined the phrase “out of sorts”. “When printers speak of metal type they use the word ‘sort.’ If a printer runs out of some letters and cannot continue his work he is said to be ‘out of sorts.'”