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Re: Type design hot takes
A good well-done example using halftones is Art of the Printed Book, 1455-1955, published by Godine. It's printed in rotogravure duotones, so the halftone screen is virtually invisible. Unfortunately…2 -
Re: Noveo Sans by Fontsite? (A variation or copy of Neuzit Grotesk)
The article on Luc Devroye's site about SoftMaker mentions that their font data was licensed from URW. URW was the source for many digital fonts in the '80s and '90s and, like so many other digital t…2 -
Re: Noveo Sans by Fontsite? (A variation or copy of Neuzit Grotesk)
Yes, plus Linotype, URW, FontShop, Agfa Compugraphic, and some other companies. ITC had been acquired by Esselte Letraset in the eighties and was sold to Monotype in 2000. As I understand it, all the…3 -
Re: Noveo Sans by Fontsite? (A variation or copy of Neuzit Grotesk)
I'm not sure exactly what the legal or business connection is between FontSite and SoftMaker, but I had a book years ago, written by Sean Cavanaugh (who founded FontSite) and it included a CD of Soft…2 -
Re: The future of type
"Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded." —Yogi Berra ::smile:5
