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Re: Gong—how did they do this?
More photos of Gong in metal, found at the print shop at the industrial museum in Ghent. Unlike the somewhat worn type linked to above, this one looks like it's never been printed.8 -
Re: What is the earliest instance of a type foundry paying royalties?
Fortunately Goudy occasionally wrote about money, so we don't have to completely make shit like this up. In 1905, so an young-but-not-green Goudy, asked BB&S for $500 to for a new design. I check…1 -
Re: Proportions of Spacing
There is also the David Kindersley stuff, mostly relates to spacing: http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/shop/optical-letter-spacing.php http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/spacing/ http://typophile.…2 -
Re: Tabular figs in bold+ weights
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Re: Are foundry initials an inherent part of a type family name?
Sorry, I was being general on purpose. I think the golden-rule starting point needs to be 'No.' There are certainly exceptions, like generic terms, but they should be carefully considered. The first …8
