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Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
Well, the variable font allows for arbitrary weights! Anybody using the variable font can still get at any weight they like. The redefined weights would only impact the predefined instances—and proba…2 -
Re: Reviving an Art Deco Font
Do you want to reproduce every idiosyncrasy of the original book-cover lettering? The original lettering had that capital “O” with a major top overshoot and an even more exaggerated bottom overshoot,…1 -
Re: Celebrating 25 Years of High-Logic!
Congratulations! 25 years is forever in the digital fonts world.2 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
Even with Vignelli’s list as given, my first question is… WHICH Garamond and which Bodoni? Also, I would put a humanist sans serif (e.g. Myriad) on the list and drop one of the non-Garamond serif fac…2 -
Re: The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli
Right, and there were at least half a dozen major versions of Garamond available at the time. I guess if you were using phototype or hot metal, it would be whatever your particular machinery maker o…1
