RIP Doyald Young

We were very saddened to hear of the passing of Doyald Young, prolific lettering artist and logotype designer. It was by chance that we discovered the news as we were watching a very interesting documentary about him on Lynda.com. In it Doyald was discussing the work of other typographers which he admires, in particular that of Frank Blokland and his foundry the Dutch Type Library. We visited the site and that's when we read that he passed away last month. A great loss to us all.

I only wish we'd been able to meet him in person, but we can remember him through his work and his words. For example, he described his book 'Dangeous Curves' as an attempt ‘to show both emerging and expert designers how, in an age of computer-dominated design, the designer can turn to their very own hands for both inspiration and solution’. This really makes us smile :)

Image taken from the Dutch Type Library - a still from Lynda.com's documentary

A master craftsman and educator who we will continue to learn from. Rest in Peace Doyald and thank you.

Find out more about Doyald Young here:
http://doyaldyoung.com/