As far as I know, the typefounders in the US are casting type with a Monotype-machine kind of alloy. Gerstenberg’s typefoundry casts types from automatic typecasters, with a foundry-type allow, which… (View Post)
Recuttings are possible, but the term “recutting” can only be applied to, well, recuttings of individual type sizes. There are real Garamond matrices in at least two European collections. One could, … (View Post)
I would say that, in Britain and the United States, this flat-topped 8 was more common at the end of the 19th Century than in any other period. But, it could be early 18th Century. Without more conte… (View Post)
Several Reading professors do/have done scientific experiments. Particularly legibility experiments. You should get in touch with David Březina, whose PhD in reading included machine learning (https:… (View Post)
The website looks pretty great on a mobile device. A problem Andreas noted – having to scroll down on the font landing page to see the banners provided by the type designer – does not happen on mobil… (View Post)