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Re: Reinette, having fun with the Renner Type
Perhaps the criticisms of the typeface as being too light had some validity. When I looked at the print sample of the first version, it appeared to be a revival of the typeface noted as "Elzevir…1 -
Re: Bradbury Thompson, Alphabet 26, 1950 – permissions for book
Since the image in question has some of the letters in a different color, that ought to be enough to make it an artwork fully subject to copyright protection, I would have thought...1 -
Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
Calypso, indeed, is definitely an example of a conceptual typeface, as it definitely has what Hollywood would call "high concept". The idea is central: let's make letters that look like hal…2 -
Re: Knuth Scotch
Well, I was looking at the wrong specimen book in any case; the Linotype one! Instead, a possible match is Lanston Monotype's 8A, and as for a link to the specimen book:https://archive.org/details/mo…2 -
Re: Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna
There you are, you've solved the mystery! There's one kind of capital P which could be easily placed in that position. A capital P from a titling font. That, however, would have to have a smaller po…2
