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Re: A text face inspired by Century
It might seem, from my preceding post, that I disagree. But that is not quite true.While I do think that the proportions of Century Schoolbook are an improvement over those of Century Expanded, it h…1 -
Re: Transforming Typeface Design: Moving Beyond Gutenberg and Roman Traditions
I think I have to be careful in replying, as we don't want to get into politics here.The LinkedIn post contains this sentence: So the issue isn't primarily the potentially political one of limitatio…2 -
Re: Guides for designing Cyrillic letters Њ, Љ, Ћ, Ђ, Џ
You are absolutely right that it takes an experienced typographer to provide advice on many aspects of a typeface.But it is also true that there are cultural aspects to what is usual for typography …1 -
Re: Transforming Typeface Design: Moving Beyond Gutenberg and Roman Traditions
I don't know about you, but when I read a technical text, I want to be able to look back, and perhaps reread what I saw in a previous paragraph. That is much easier to do with the printed page than …1 -
Re: Transforming Typeface Design: Moving Beyond Gutenberg and Roman Traditions
It may well be true that designing typefaces with a mindset keyed to Roman characters and mediaeval penmanship limits their applicability to new media in the digital age. But I was amused when I read…2
