Are some free fonts a gift to humanity rather than a blight on typographic civilization ?

To say a grid is limiting is to say that language is limiting, or typography is limiting. It is up to us to use these media critically or passively.

Readers usually ignore the typographic interface, gliding comfortably along literacy's habitual groove. Sometimes, however, the interface should be allowed to fail. By making itself evident, typography can illuminate the construction and identity of a page, screen, place or product.

Design is as much an act of spacing as an act of marking.

Think more design less

Graphic design is the spit and polish but not the shoe.

Letters do love one another. However, due to their anatomical differences, some letters have a hard time achieving intimacy.