Florian Hardwig · Typographer, editor, researcher, author

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• Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces

  Florian Hardwig

  March 31
  No, not related to physical copies. Access for some digital copies is restricted. In order to view such items, you have to log in (you can sign up for free), and then “borrow” it, if available. This …
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• Re: r rotunda in inscriptions

  Florian Hardwig

  September 2015
  Did you see the ꝛ in Albrecht Dürer’s Textura? http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/17139/140/
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• Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati

  Florian Hardwig

  February 26
  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…
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• Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati

  Florian Hardwig

  February 25
  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…
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• Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati

  Florian Hardwig

  February 15
  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…
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