Inklings

I Love Typography was one of my first inklings that I might become a graphic designer.

The year was 2009 (the Internet was a very different place then). I was living at my mother’s house. I was 25 years old. (For context, I am going to turn 36 this April.) I had completed three years of a Bachelor of Arts, specializing in absolutely nothing, dabbling in everything. I had had depression, and left university. I had recovered. I was working for a marina in their hardware store, even though I was not a boater.

I wanted to go back to school and to do something else but I didn’t know what.

Somehow I stumbled across John Boardley’s passionate and funny blog posts about letterforms, and I was hooked. I remember checking each night for new posts. I loved how he wrote back to people and engaged in comments. But mostly I was excited about ascenders and descenders, and type history, and the making of typefaces.

I remember thinking, “Do people actually DO this, for money?” And, “Can I actually DO this, for money?”

Follow your inklings. Your never know where they will lead but they will probably lead somewhere good.