#timeoff / #playoff
The extraordinary Brazilian photographer Sebastião Salgado and his wife decided to rebuild their deserted piece of land of 600 hectares
in Aimorés, Brazil. They planted more than 2 million tree saplings. As a
result, the site has 293 plant species, 172 bird species and 33 animal
species, some of which were on the verge of extinction.
I enjoy designing the diacritical marks that ensure a typeface can do its job in other languages. The challenge is to draw accents and marks that work seamlessly with the overall design while respecting local traditions and preferences.
Not being a native reader in every language that my fonts are used in, I spend time digging around to try and learn more each time I approach them. It’s a constant learning process. There are some great resources online including talks, visual examples, drawing guides and essays, though they are spread across the web. Some of the advice seems pretty definitive but when seeing these marks in the real world they can contradict everything you thought you knew.
Some resources I often refer to, listed by Florian Hardwig
