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Graphic design can change your life

Erik Spiekermann talking with Gestalten TV about the process of designing typefaces. Listen to him finding handy analogies to music, the rhythm of spaces and the silence between characters.

Interesting to hear what Eric says about creating a font inspired by existing designs he likes: study the font, draw the shapes, look at books - and then leave it alone for a while. Then when you come to reproduce it from memory, letting all the images come together in your head, the result is different and original.

(via typeworship)