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Re: Table of the Evolution of English Language
Yes, think of all the unfortunate Linotype machine operators this heartless decision has put out of work! Oh, wait, they also "applied the new text design", so they actually did typeset mo…1 -
Re: Duospace. Wait, what? Duospace?
I don't recall encountering anything duospaced before. But the mechanical Vari-Typer only provided characters with widths of 2, 3, and 4 units, and there was a manual typewriter with proportional spa…1 -
Is There Such a Thing as a Crystal Goblet?
A famous essay by Beatrice Warde used the metaphor of the ideal wine glass to illustrate the function of typography. She argued that typography should be, effectively, invisible, serving to unobtrusi…1 -
Re: Looking for examples of Latin and Non-Latin side-by-side communication
I may not be Hrant, but I definitely think that Boutemene, despite the practical benefits outlined in that paper, is going exactly nowhere. A similar proposal, with less in the way of practical bene…2 -
Re: Eth and Thorn - historical forms
Nothing wrong with that. But if you're designing a typeface, the first thing you do need to know is what the letters of the alphabet look like. What makes an A, a B, a C, and so on. That's inferred …2
