Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces

[@JeremyDooley]

These people are not worthy. They have no idea how much this man shaped their world.

[@zwete]

If you know your typography, this man is an absolute legend.

[@finleycastello6512]

zwete IKR

[@DAVIEYKE]

I don't but the design gods sent me here, excited!

[@plan4280]

Knowing the differences between bad, good, and great typography is truly an artform within itself.

[@LS-uu1zd]

How fortunate we are to live in a time with Sir Matthew Carter, and how fortunate society is to have his work. A brilliant man, a brilliant speech. Thank you, TED.

[@lordberly]

Verdana is a masterpiece. A timeless classic.

[@addaald]

Beautiful stylish old man that made beautiful stylish typefaces. I enjoied his speech and his modest humor. Thanks for the talk.

[@Faygris]

Wow, he also made Tahoma. I love this guy! :)

[@rayzhong8542]

Faygris Tahoma looks very similar to Verdana condensed

[@parkavenue6970]

Listening to this talk by Matthew Carter, a name formerly unknown to me, is a treasure to me! What a charming, interesting and intelligent person! Thank you so very much for allowing me the chance to become acquainted with him! Your video is a door leading me, into this design world. I only just saw the most exquisite Japanese style English typeface on the front of a magazine and was struggling with what or how to keep it...or Even if I should keep it. After listening to this talk, it has clarified why I did and should have fallen so in love with what I now see is really art.

[@herzogsbuick]

I've enjoyed few TED talks as much as this one

[@ChristianJiang]

This audience should be 100 times more interested. I wish I could’ve been there

[@srimansrini]

Calligraphy is one of the fascinating subjects to study and observe. Undoubtedly he is a great designer who invented some of the monumental fonts. The audio quality is not up to the mark, otherwise, it's an excellent talk.

[@srimansrini]

It seems you looks like a fool. Don't try to utter your idiotic comments. It shows your limited knowledge and ignorance.

[@srimansrini]

You rascal...haven't your homework properly. our IP has been noted and if you keep on creating trouble it will be sent to cyber crime police.

[@srimansrini]

haven't done your homework properly....

[@jspr2k5]

***** hahah nice one +1

[@edwnx0]

This is typography, not calligraphy.

[@faithinverity8523]

Designing a typeface requires enormous amounts of talent and rigor. Designing a useful typeface is many times more difficult. And designing multiple, useful typefaces is super-human.

[@ChristianJiang]

My FAVOURITE TED talk so far

[@1728lorenxo]

It's sad that the audience doesn't appreciate typography, or they would've been much livelier.

[@rayzhong8542]

Lorenzo Ong but exactly how lively could they get. Do you think they should cheer when he shows another slide?

[@qp2036]

Well Matthew is not the best speaker.. quite hard even if your interested to get filled with energy.

[@est189]

Perfect example is minute 6:54 that couple might as well be home watching Netflix...good grief have some respect.

[@est189]

Ray Zhong maybe the couple on minute 6:54 could just sit up....just maybe....

[@MartinJohnZ]

Appreciating the pros and cons of typography is not exactly something mainstream audiences get really excited about.

[@BraidyAM]

Verdana is my favorite typeface ever! is so beatiful!

[@carolcheny]

As a font freak myself, I am so excited and anxious, I can't even watch this video in one sitting.

[@steveb1972]

Absolutely fascinating! I could've listened to him all day.

[@theIris51]

I'm watching this for a web course and not particularly interested, but I'm glad to see that so many people are.

[@Groaznic]

He forgot to mention that only 2 years ago god damn Ikea switched to Verdana for all their marketing material across the globe.

[@varnaksingh]

reddit as well.

[@jaiskreno]

@@varnaksingh Verdana is the ugliest font quite ever made

[@varnaksingh]

@@jaiskreno Not the ugliest

[@sanketanchan]

What a scholar! Fascinating

[@BellaFirenze]

A genius. A star. An artist!

[@People_Hero]

Very good !

[@MarkNiceyard]

Didn't you listen? It's not art. ;)

[@People_Hero]

I means your words are good.

[@shoominati23]

We've still got phonebooks in Australia. with that exact font. so something of his has lived on longer than 18 years

[@Imbri]

This TED talk was hilarious, and nobody in his audience was laughing at any of his jokes. Very interesting talk, though.

[@j.thorgard]

Really pleasing

[@kalapradeep2362]

Oh! His handwriting must be awesome!!

[@edthewave]

While some may think this presenter is boring, due to his dry and dull approach, but there are some things to be learned from him. Firstly, we can learn how to use limitation (technical or otherwhise) to catalyze our creative minds to find solutions to problems. Secondly, it shows that in design (and possibly in other areas of life), old ideas applied in new ways are still valuble.

[@imani828]

Wait, this guy made Verdana? what a legend!

[@ElegantEnsue]

Oh I cannot stand the "Te" spacing problem he mentioned.

[@elpablitorodriguezharrera]

You are a legend!

[@jnanamjasongan9060]

Marvelous

[@tomludlow1]

I could see how this would bore the fucking hell out of someone like my GF, but for me... I wish this video was an hour longer... =]

[@depletable]

I have always wanted to make my own typeface. One day.

[@JohnKnorr]

Several years ago i downloaded a program that let you scan your handwritten characters from a grid and made them into a font. My handwriting sucks, so it was a terribly useless font, but it was still kinda cool.

[@depletable]

John Knorr That sounds cool. I would draw my font, and see how it would translate. Wouldn't use my handwriting tho'. lol

[@aryalede6443]

Did you?

[@Muhammad-gq8fs]

I looked hard for the right type face where distinguishing o from 0 and I fron l and 1 and i was easy. The only two fonts that met that reauirement were Consolas and Georgia. We know Consolas cant be used as a formal font and its an absolute necessasity for programmers. But Georgia- well thats a whole different story. I use Georgia - for everything I do. No ‘Sans serif’ fonts for me.

[@galangpersada569]

Verdana bagus banget paman, saya suka typeface tersebut.

[@milifilou]

Pixel fonts will always be used, at least for pixel art and small small screens

[@quaglemy]

Plus it's awesome!

[@amyharris8801]

I started using Verdana after Portal came out because I fell in love with Aperture Laboratories' logo.

[@ScottMarshallArt]

their logo is set in univers, not verdana

[@user-tj6sl7ty5m]

I love Everest Pro font

[@LMedits0]

how the heck did he make tahoma its rly good tho

[@25maxman]

Me before finding out this guy made Georgia: This TED talk is kinda boring After: NAME ANOTHER LEGEEEEEEND

[@LeonidasGGG]

A nice subject, but the presentation was a bit dull. Still, I was interested enough to see the all thing.

[@Martial-Mat]

I agree - even the bit where he compared the two letter "a'" was poorly prepared.

[@yeewengchiang3295]

What makes you a type designer? 2:02 Before Matthew revealed the truth you already spotted that, or at least started to be suspicious.

[@HenryStradford]

Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces #Design #typeface

[@Ivy77813]

so i am not complaining

[@briieme]

Veranda is my favorite typeface

[@neddyladdy]

As anything but a connoisseur of fonts I reckon there are two types of fonts - easy to read and hard to read. That is all I require to know.

[@satire9298]

The audience looks bored.

[@555kaktus]

They were bored.

[@stephenchuksonah4080]

gone are the days of the brit!

[@ashigarashimo]

He's not a great speaker but he had certainly opened up a whole lot of insights into typefaces.

[@mp3am00]

i know, it's important, what he says. i know how important he is himself to our world, but i fell asleep anyways.

[@joselysylva9455]

Minha vida em Cristo

[@upublic]

lol, no one got the "he's not TED" joke

[@mattdeaux]

04:00

[@fluffylee]

I love the subject (as a wannabe graphic designer), but the talk could have been more exciting.

[@Kokii2026]

hi

[@jynxie4686]

Hello

[@axeev1408]

Man in center 15:11 :/

[@maro7837]

iu

[@JontoDickens]

This talk encapsulated the D in TED but the audience seemed bored to death

[@TheGodOfPegana]

Wait, so...Did we just find the guy responsible for Comic Sans??

[@MarkNiceyard]

That was Vincent Connare

[@keylupveintisiete7552]

Why? It isn't a bad typeface, it's just used on the wrong context too often.

[@AguzSuiCaedere]

Wait, he worked on /Verdana/? Hahaha, wow.

[@jynxie4686]

Er

[@miwang1158]

GGF

[@pecabokem4345]

Wow, I was so bored watching this talk, and fully expected people to complain about it but NOPE, apparently lots of people like this stuff o_o The more you know.

[@Thegoodlol]

I expected to be bored with this video, but actually it was enjoyable. After all, if you use a computer or read books on a daily basis you're always looking at fonts.

[@RaghavKukreti7]

Why would you even come here if you did not like the concept of type?

[@briieme]

+Peca Bokem I took a history of graphic design class and it was actually a class on history of typography in disguise. One of the most boring classes I ever took.This was more interesting. But I agree with you, type if generally not interesting to me.

[@pb4595]

Pretty boring stuff, unfortunately. M. Carter discussed the same topics and fonts 20 years ago.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

It bothers me when a presenter doesn't make the effort to memorize their talk. He even had a hard time reading parts of it, like he wrote it on the plane to TED. Plus he comes across as a bit pompous. Why didn't he just tell the engineers he was going to try to "solve" the big problem before he started, instead of wasting all that time making a very forgettable font?

[@radiationwow]

yolo yolo sweg swag

[@badqual]

His body language bothers me for some reason.

[@LoquaciousApe]

This talk is extraordinarily boring.