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Re: When did high-waisted (and low-waisted) fonts/lettering first appear?
Interesting question! I don’t know about “first”, but there are a couple of American typeface designs that (partly) precede the mentioned trends and protagonists. Here’s Eccentric (1881) and Dynamo (…8 -
Re: Photo Lettering by Bruno specimen book
Thanks a bunch for sharing, Jesse! Apart from being a wonderful window into commercial typography from that period, it’s a great resource that will help narrowing down the dates of some of Filmotype’…4 -
Re: Historical examples of serpentine-shaped /one
The closest example in my collection is this hand-painted house number spotted in Amsterdam.1 -
Re: Best practices for multi-script families
There’s also the commercial perspective, of course. Nick already hinted at some aspects. Also, if you bundle everything in one font, then your pricing might be prohibitive for those licensees who onl…8 -
Re: The Script Style of House Numbers
Don’t have time to watch the video right now, so apologies if I’m repeating things you already know. But here’s a 2018 tweet by Tobias Frere-Jones, showing such numerals in a c.1929 catalog by H W Kn…1
