Bruno Maag quotes
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“There's a simplicity in typography that demands absolute accuracy... the only way you can experience it is by doing it, and you can't do it on a screen because a screen never gives you the entire picture.”
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“Lower case Ss are notoriously difficult to get right. But in Helvetica it's not straight - you want to go in there and tighten it up. And the 'a' looks so woolly and ill-conceived, it really winds me up.”
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“If you think of ice cream, it (Helvetica) is a cheap, nasty, supermarket brand made of water, substitutes and vegetable fats. The texture is wrong and it leaves a little bit of a funny aftertaste.”
-- Bruno Maag
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Source : A. E. Housman (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of A. E. Housman (Illustrated)”, p.8, Delphi Classics
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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“Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.”
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“Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.”
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“The moral improvement demands an evolution leading to a higher consciousness”
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Source : Alan Bradley (2014). “The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches: A Flavia de Luce Novel”, p.74, Delacorte Press
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“It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.”
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