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Re: MT Fournier, II
No. Corundum Text was designed before 2006 and was awarded a TDC award that year. Helvetius was released a full decade later, in 2016. I can’t rule out that Darden looked into similar sources as Cort…2 -
Re: French vs. German book typeface
You’re welcome! The original Palatino cut still had to adhere to the Normal-Schriftlinie, the German standard line, with vertical proportions optimized for fraktur, i.e. with less space for descender…3 -
Re: French vs. German book typeface
Palatino (1950) wasn’t intended exclusively for display purposes. It’s more of an all-round oldstyle for jobbing work and was cast in sizes ranging from 5pt (!) to 72pt. The Linotype adaptation came …6 -
Re: Which version/national cut of Times (New Roman)?
Hello Konrad, John refers to the Monotype Recorder. Over 60 issues of this journal have been scanned by John Cornelisse and made available on the Metal Type website.1 -
Re: How can small designers' fonts ever sell successfully?
To illustrate this point, here’s some anecdotal data on the increasing quantity: In the first 110 days of this year, MyFonts has added 134 new “foundries” (not fonts) to their catalog. Go figure.8
