Designers like even grayness, which is the worst thing for a reader.

Typomania is curable but not fatal. Unfortunately.

They [letters] are my friends Some people look at bottles of wine, or whatever - girls' bottoms - I get kicks out of looking at type.

As we say in Berlin, there are many ways to bake a parrot.

The attention someone gives to what he or she makes is reflected in the end result, whether it is obvious or not.

I'm obviously a typeomaniac, which is an incurable if not mortal disease. I can't explain it. I just love, I just like looking at type. I just get a total kick out of it: they are my friends. Other people look at bottles of wine or whatever, or, you know, girls' bottoms. I get kicks out of looking at type. It's a little worrying, I admit, but it's a very nerdish thing to do.

The materials shape your idea.