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Re: How many fonts are there?
I don’t know … I think that the ration of 4 fonts to 1 family is too low. My numbers might be a little fuzzy, but from 2004–2008, I did a lot of data entry for Linotype … adding fonts into the datab…1 -
Re: Another copyright question (specifically Germany)
I don’t think that the design registry reviews submissions, or in other words, make choices about which type designs can be filed and which cannot. Instead, registrations are published and there is a…2 -
Re: Another copyright question (specifically Germany)
A revival typeface is an independent design. It looks different from the original. So, of course it is eligible in Germany (and probably Britain and everywhere in the EU) for a design patent. As far …1 -
Re: PhD/ArtD — where to go?
Exactly this question was discussed at an ATypI working session in Amiens, about two years ago. I think that all of the videos from that event are online. I participated in something like a roundtabl…3 -
Re: Designer style
He’s holding a mallet and a chisel, and indeed the clothing he is wearing is much more in the direction of how sculptors dressed than how printers dressed (at most, he got the paper hat from printing…8
