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Re: Type design hot takes
The full page reproductions in the Scholderer book include the background page, and collotype handles it very well. If the background is applied after the fact, then printing it in a spot colour is t…2 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
Not talking about defined instances but the steps in a variable font (the number of variants). I’ll give you an example, the difference between 200 and 210 or even 220 in a variable font with a weigh…1 -
Re: Type design hot takes
Ummm.... have you been to Indonesia? When I went there, I was sad to see how little the local script is used. I don't think such people exist... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javanese_script#Decline3 -
Re: Type design hot takes
It’s likely only problematic for “poly-scriptic” folk such as type designers. I always read the KIΛ logo as KILL, which doesn’t dispose me to travelling in one. There is a coffee shop nearby with the…3 -
Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
The mottled and overlapped hat in the same ink suggests to me this was lithographed, not letterpressed. I would guess there won't be a metal-type "smoking gun" here.5 -
Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
I don’t think there is any type on this bag. It all appears to be unique letterforms. (Though, they could have used a typeface as a model.)6 -
Re: The future of type
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." —Yogi Berra ::smile:5 -
Re: Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
Given that this kind of geometric sans-serif lettering (especially in lowercase) wasn’t widely common until the late 1920s, I’d guess 1928–40.5 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
Riffing on what Mark wrote: I like that idea in some ways, but one advantage of the sliders is that it can visually show the available range (and potentially also show the default) as well as where o…3 -
Re: Variable fonts, axes values
I wonder if a numeric input field without a slider might be a better UI for variable fonts. Font size has long been variable, but font size sliders are rare in apps. Instead, there is a popup with &q…4
