![]() There are still too few BIPOC type designers working today, but those that are out there are producing beautiful-in some instances, radical and experimental-fonts. In other words, the more conscientious and discerning designers become about font choice, the more inclusive the industry will become. “If type design, like any other industry, wants to open itself to inclusiveness and diversity, that means necessarily distancing itself from forces that undermine those values,” he writes. Archer specifically cites DTL Prokyon, drawn by anti-Islamic German nationalist Erhard Kaiser, as one such font with a troubling backstory. That’s the argument made by Agyei Archer in his essay, “ Type Choice, Political Choice,” in which he explains that using a type that doesn’t have a fascist or racist history should be an easy decision, if diversity is a priority. ![]() And one way of doing that is to start using different fonts-both by using typefaces created by designers of color and also by not using fonts with racist histories. But one small, easy-to-implement adjustment is to make the active choice to support BIPOC designers. There’s no way to correct for this lack of diversity without making significant changes industry-wide, and nurturing those changes takes time. M5tBxheper- Nina Stössinger August 25, 2017
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