John Savard
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Re: Grazhdanskiy Shrift
(Quote) Well, perhaps this first draft of the typeface will enable him to determine which of those choices would be more faithful to the original that is being copied. Perhaps finding more print … (View Post)3 -
Re: Table of the Evolution of English Language
(Quote) Yes, think of all the unfortunate Linotype machine operators this heartless decision has put out of work! Oh, wait, they also "applied the new text design", so they actually did typeset m… (View Post)1 -
Re: Duospace. Wait, what? Duospace?
I don't recall encountering anything duospaced before. But the mechanical Vari-Typer only provided characters with widths of 2, 3, and 4 units, and there was a manual typewriter with proportional spa… (View Post)1 -
Is There Such a Thing as a Crystal Goblet?
A famous essay by Beatrice Warde used the metaphor of the ideal wine glass to illustrate the function of typography. She argued that typography should be, effectively, invisible, serving to unobtrusi… (View Post)1 -
Re: Looking for examples of Latin and Non-Latin side-by-side communication
(Quote) I may not be Hrant, but I definitely think that Boutemene, despite the practical benefits outlined in that paper, is going exactly nowhere. A similar proposal, with less in the way of prac… (View Post)2