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Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati
Thanks, Joshua, that’s interesting. The other meaning of the term – for left-leaning italics – is not new, and has been used in technical and historical contexts. The earliest occurrence I’m aware of…5 -
Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati
Thanks for the follow-up, Ermin.Above, I mentioned that GT Planar (2022) uses Retalic. This term was already used in 2016 for Misha Panfilov’s Ogonyok. TypeType also used it for their TT Biersal (202…2 -
Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati
Other traditional terms include reverse italic, contra italic, and reclined – but these aren’t any shorter than Backslanted. Cilati (“Italic” backwards) is the name of an italic script, P22 Cilati. O…9 -
Re: Looking for specimen with crossword puzzles
It’s indeed type, and exactly as you, Khai, assumed, it’s from Deberny & Peignot. The foundry shows this set in two variants in their 1930s specimen catalog under the header Les Mots Croisés.Thes…7 -
Re: On behalf of a historian: typefaces related to Lincoln assassination
Thanks, everyone! Alright, then some more thoughts on this. The playbill combines wood and metal typefaces, as it was commonly done at the time. The larger sizes are printed from wood type – one can …6
