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Re: Cursive
This could explain some of the badly designed script typefaces I've seen lately, which look as if they were designed by people not very familiar with script forms, especially the capitals.6 -
Re: Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used
To put it another way, the traps and ticks in phototype fonts were especially important because of the analog nature of phototype. Phototype fonts had to be duplicated for distribution and you would …2 -
Re: Sans serif display fonts theory
Another thing is the distance of the dot on the /i and j/ as well as accents. Further away in text sizes, closer in display.3 -
Re: Sans serif display fonts theory
If you look at old foundry type specimens, nearly all styles were cut with a particular size in mind, including sans faces. Generally, the smaller sizes are a little wider and more loosely spaced wit…4 -
Re: Metafont – ?
That's also included in Knuth's book TEX and METAFONT: New Directions in Typesetting, 1979. I've got a copy. It's where I first heard of all this in the early '80s. You can still purchase it at place…2
