Font Talk
Welcome to the Font Talk area of Diablog. The STA's forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas, opinions and topics about typography.
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Carlos Segura on Design Chat
Carlos Segura, fellow Chicagoan and designer talks about his blogs: Car Type, Truck Type, Bike Type, Moto Type; how to make a business out of doing things you love; his hit band in Spain; his first job at an agency in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; knowing the difference between advertising and design; learning that making beautiful things isn't good enough; starting Segura Inc., T26 Type Foundry and 5inch; getting off your butt and doing something; and never show anything in your portfolio that you would apologize for.
About Face with Jack Weiss
Jack Weiss is principal of Jack Weiss Associates, an Evanston, Illinois based planning and design firm. Since forming JWA in 1977, he has directed over four hundred major projects ranging from corporate identity and communications to marketing and sales, educational materials, and signage, primarily for clients in the Midwest. He is a Fellow of The Society of Typographic Arts, past president, and sole recipient of its William Goldsmith Humanitarian Award.
About Face with David Wolske
This is our first article in a series of interviews, where we’ll discuss the letterform, and the love of all things serif and sans serif. We hope you’ll enjoy hearing from some of our local, and not so local faces!