"As I said, at the time [1991], if all people doing desktop publishing were doctors we would all be dead! Typefaces experienced an incredible explosion. The computer allowed anybody to design new typefaces and that became one of the biggest visual pollution of all times. … I still believe that most typefaces are designed for commercial reasons, just to make money or for identity purposes. In reality the number of good typefaces is rather limited and most of the new ones are elaborations on pre-existing faces. Personally, I can get along well with a half a dozen, to which I can add another half a dozen, but probably no more."
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Massimo Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli (January 10, 1931 – May 27, 2014) was an Italian designer who worked (together with his wife, the architect and designer Lella Vignelli) in a number of areas including packaging, housewares, furniture, public signage, architecture, and interior design.
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