Typographic Onanism
December 4th 2007 | Posted by: Adam Martin
Yup, I love typography. I’ve argued over fontage and lost friends over serifs. I’ve written a song (it’s a cover really) entitled ‘I Shot The Serif’. You’ll never see it on You Tube. Not in my lifetime.
It all started when I was gifted my first pornographic magazine, Mayfair, back in 1986. As I ogled Henrietta, scantily clad enjoying a sailing weekend in the Solent, I found myself drifting towards the unseemly typography and remarking aloud upon it’s lack of originality (it was Gothic I think) and lack of context to the alluring nautical theme.
I’ve moved on and so has typography:
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