September 4, 2006

Illustration

Illustrator: John Stevens

I also happened across this example of a citation created by gifted calligrapher John Stevens. It rather dramatically shows the stark difference between computer fonts and the organic quality of great calligraphy. As John so eloquently states: “The life of writing as understood by calligraphers...is nothing like a computer font. One can 'feel' the difference. Fonts try to imitate this look and feel, but to the aware eye, there is no comparison.”

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http://www.johnstevensdesign.com/newpages/uzbek.html

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