Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-10 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:20 PM, b_s-wilk wrote: Did M$ PAY Carter for his design? They neglected to pay for some of the early fonts that they used. They hired him to design a set of fonts for screen display. After he completed two M$ got a case of the cheaps and sent him packing. M$ staff

Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-09 Thread b_s-wilk
On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:16 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Futura is more attractive than Verdana. The real problem here is that IKEA switched to a M$ font. M$ a company that is not renown for really good design. Actually Verdana is one of two fonts that M$ had designed by Mathew Carter, who is

Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-08 Thread t.piwowar
On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:16 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Futura is more attractive than Verdana. The real problem here is that IKEA switched to a M$ font. M$ a company that is not renown for really good design. Actually Verdana is one of two fonts that M$ had designed by Mathew Carter, who

Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-08 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 12:28 AM, t.piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote: On Sep 6, 2009, at 11:16 PM, John Duncan Yoyo wrote: Futura is more attractive than Verdana. The real problem here is that IKEA switched to a M$ font. M$ a company that is not renown for really good design. Actually

[CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-06 Thread tjp
The 2010 IKEA catalog, now arriving at doorsteps around the world, reveals the company’s choice to change all typography to the Microsoft font... http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/ * ** List info,

Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-06 Thread Jeff Wright
The 2010 IKEA catalog, now arriving at doorsteps around the world, reveals the company's choice to change all typography to the Microsoft font... http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/ Bingo! We have a winner. IKEA spokeswoman Camilla Meiby responds to AP (Aug 31, 2009):

Re: [CGUYS] Do Typographers Despise M$?

2009-09-06 Thread John Duncan Yoyo
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Jeff Wright jswri...@gmail.com wrote: The 2010 IKEA catalog, now arriving at doorsteps around the world, reveals the company's choice to change all typography to the Microsoft font... http://idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/ Bingo! We have a