What is a Designer: Things, Places, MessagesA relatively thin volume, with incredibly dense language, on the role of the designer, individually and in the global community. Potter can be harsh and demanding at times in his unwavering views of the design industry and the duties of its members, but this is a rich work with much wisdom to impart. Also includes a good model for a creative process.
Jason Santa Maria is a graphic designer living and working in sunny Brooklyn, NY. More »
8 Faces, a new magazine from Elliot Jay Stocks that asks a few designers “If you could only use eight typefaces for the rest of your life, which would you choose?” I’m interviewed in this inaugural issue along with Erik Spiekermann, Jessica Hische, Ian Coyle, Jos Buivenga, Jon Tan, Bruce Willen & Nolen Strals. Print editions sold out fast, but PDFs are still available. †
The Newspaper Club is now shipping internationally! So excited about this. I think I need to come up with an idea for a newspaper now. †
Quick tip on condensed webfonts, I just posted a brief tutorial on how to use WebFont Loader to tune your font sizes for fallback fonts when using condensed webfonts. †
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