Nick, first on the nature of scientific evidence. You write "I still don’t think that things like speed or tiring are the measure of readability, or even that it can be measured. That is my phil… (View Post)
Frank, on the comparison of scribal writing and Jenson, I think your diagram rather confirms my view—which as you say is a common one—that scribes regularized scripts. That regularity of rhythm which… (View Post)
Nick, how to deal with what people call 'gossip' is an important and complicated issue, which I think we in this thread are wrestling with. In the Jewish ethical tradition, which I am familiar with, … (View Post)
John, lawyers were involved in drafting both Frere-Jones's and Hoefler's statements. Because H & F-J both as a business and as separate individuals can be hurt or helped by reputation, lawyers in… (View Post)
I have no extra copies, but I do have a soft spot for the book, as my Uncle Ben's last project was helping MacGrew get the specimens for the final version by printing (by letter press) an earlier ver… (View Post)