Dressed In Value is a print & web design studio in Louisville, Ky.

Certainly applicable to more than just type design — Fred Smeijers prefacing his book Counterpunch:

It seems that anything is possible now. We experience a world in which time, distance and production circumstances hardly seem important any more. But for this very reason, we need to look back and talk with our predecessors. The way to do this is by doing what they have done. Only then is there a chance of thinking the way they thought. And then there is some basis for comparison. When you stand on common ground with your predecessors, you can define your own position, estimate progress or see what has been forgotten in the meantime. Talking like this with colleagues from the past has nothing to do with sentimentality or nostalgia or a useless search for craftmanship. It has however everything to do with bringing back knowledge that can serve as a mirror for ourselves and our technical achievements. An honest assessment of this kind is thus an essential step in the search for relevant improvement: now, and for the future.