I just want to say that the most important thing to take away from all of this is that Conrad has switched to black pants, and that's a major step for me. I actually looked at Marie's very first character sketch in an old sketchbook and she originally had a lot more black to her look as well, so look for that in the future. Some things didn't transition as smoothly to black-and-white and I had thought, and others were apparently built for it, I just forgot. For, you know, a year.
Also: Designing your own typeface. Done it?
This is so great. I laughed. Out loud.
I haven't designed a full typeface yet, but I have created custom letterforms for specific purposes, not usually used again.
Although it takes much more time to design, trace, then make the tiny adjustments, it has (so far, knock-knock) been worth it every time.
Ps. Just broke my comment virginity on 36point, it was amazing.
I never have, but I'm sort of doing it now. Basically, I'm retooling Gill Sans, which is a bit of a project. The S is the most annoying character by far. H is easy. I definitely have massive respect for type designers.
What software are you kids using for said task? Illustrator gets it down for making a poster or something with limited text, but what's the tool for making a real, typeable font.
Why yes I have designed/developed a font for use in a Flash application. And boy was it amazingly hard - probably the hardest work I've ever produced. Mad props to those who do it for a living...
@Prescott - font designers typically use FontLab to draw and develop their fonts. Not cheap, but definitely a serious tool that's widely used by the pros. Check out typophile.com to mingle with folks who do this for a living and learn more about the trade.