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Re: r rotunda in inscriptions
Nina, I’ve shared a few photos of inscriptions that show the r rotunda on Flickr. If there ever were strict rules about when to use it, not every letter carver got the memo. In this 18th century epit…3 -
Re: What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?
Nick mentioned Dear Sarah. P22 Cézanne Pro and Nick’s own Handsome were released around 2005, too. Some more (earlier) digital script font pioneers: • Caflisch Script by Robert Slimbach (Adobe). The …1 -
Re: Is this a 'w' ?
Albert – sorry, equal signs (=) don’t work in Flickr tags. Please suggest something else. Maxim and Craig, yes, I’d say they follow the same logic. Besides Walbaum-Fraktur, Maxim’s example shows the …1 -
Re: Is this a 'w' ?
You already mentioned it in your original post – the origin for this construction can be traced to Blackletter, more precisely Fraktur. It also appears in older examples of English Roundhand. Especia…1 -
Re: Naming font styles in various languages
The common terms were “Schmale” (~condensed) and “Enge” (~extra condensed, compressed). “Schlanke” is pretty uncommon. It can stand in for either, see e.g. Schlanke Renaissance (AG für Schriftgießere…1
