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Wired asks 15 type professionals about their favourite letterforms

“THE MOST BANAL QUESTION asked of artists after What is your favorite color? is What pencil/pen/brush do you use? I expected type designers to be equally bored by inquiries into their favorite letterforms.

Boy was I wrong.”

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Thanks for not repeating the mistake of the original headline. :winking:

Riccardo Sartori

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On 8/1/2016 at 7:42 AM, Ralf Herrmann said:

Thanks for not repeating the mistake of the original headline.

For context:

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To be fair, the author of the article never makes the mistake, so I assume it’s a choice of the editor.

Here’s a related link, since it seems |&| is a general favourite.

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