Bill Hill

I’ve mentioned Bill Hill before. He’s a typographer who works for Microsoft, and is always fascinating to listen to. He’s back again on Channel 9 with other members of his team talking about the new fonts that are being designed for Vista – the next version of Windows.

 

Bill makes the point that for 500 years, font design has been dictated by the practicalities of the printing press. Now we are at the stage where people will increasingly read text from a screen, rather than the printed page. That change in medium will influence the design of fonts. Interesting stuff.