Comments on: Typeface of the month: Mrs Eaves

By: Apple

Apple — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:41:45 +0000

I have been looking for a site like this for a long time, friendly, useful, insiteful. Thanks for making my redesign process so much easier!

Apple.

By: Kim Minshull

Kim Minshull — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:23:35 +0000

About time ! I teach in Further Education, and find that when the students come to me there is an obvious lack in understanding of the formal elements, I will be including in future lesson plans the underpinning knowledge, starting with divine proportion, which is the key to good design.

By: Mark Boulton

Mark Boulton — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 01:30:00 +0000

That’s a thought Bertje…

By: Bertje

Bertje — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 21:41:13 +0000

Great item Mark. I’m already looking forward to the next one.

One thing though, I guess it would be nice to see some examples of the type used in real life by (famous) designers. Would be nice in my opinion. Just my 2 cents.

By: Kia

Kia — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:49:09 +0000

I, too, used it for my wedding invitations, specifically because of the wonderful ligatures. Definitely a classic.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:06:44 +0000

Veyr nice, Mark. Thanks for showing this type.

By: Matias

Matias — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 14:20:21 +0000

I’m a big fan of Mrs. Eaves. I tried today in a weblog template (in the header image). It works better on text than Zuzana’s another revival (Filosofia).
The origin of its name is interesting.

By: Chris Grimley

Chris Grimley — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:42:19 +0000

Ever since it was released I’ve had a hard time getting away from using it and have bought it for every office that I have worked for. I’m curious, though… and maybe for a bit of fun… what’s the strangest context you have seen it used in?

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:41:09 +0000

I’ve been a fan of Mrs. Eaves for quite some time now. I’ve used it on websites and concert posters, and you’re not the only one who used it on their wedding pieces.

By: Steve Williams

Steve Williams — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:30:02 +0000

Beautiful typeface and great narrative. Looking forward to next months already :)

By: Rob Weychert

Rob Weychert — Sat, 05 Nov 2005 07:03:01 +0000

Yeah, Mrs. Eaves did become very ubiquitous very quickly, and with good reason. It is simply at the top of the heap of modern serif text faces. I still get the Pixies’ “Mr. Grieves” stuck in my head when I see the name Mrs. Eaves. :)