The other day, a Creativepro.com author asked to review the updated Fontographer. I was surprised because, while I knew this writer owns a print and Web design firm, I didn’t realize that he also designed type. When I asked him about it, he replied that while he wasn’t a type designer, he was a designer, and design is design, right?
I’m not so sure. Do you think the medium matters? For example, can anyone trained in furniture design also be a good graphic designer? And what about the people who started in print design and moved into Web design when the Internet took over our lives? Were they all successful in using that brave new medium?
I figure quite a few of you work in more than one design niche, while others specialize. I’d like to hear from you all. Is design design? Voice your opinions by clicking on the VoxBox icon on the lower left-hand side of the page.
This article was last modified on December 17, 2022
This article was first published on February 20, 2006
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