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Re: What is the current day difference between a typeface and a font?
From Stephen’s Clear Definitions for Font Bureau:1 -
Re: Has someone else done this?
Minérale and Totentanz come to mind.2 -
Re: Can fonts by Dieter Steffmann be sold with added glyphs?
Solo may have made the first digitization, but the design is older, see Kaiser-Gotisch. Steffmann did little more than renaming Solo’s version. Helzel made another different digitization.1 -
Re: Pet peeve: empty .notdef character.
In any case, make sure that the glyph stands out, in terms of typographic color. A .notdef glyph that looks too much like a regular character is almost as bad as an empty one.3 -
Re: Looking for info on an old brand
Filmotype’s “G series” of condensed Grotesques from the early 1950s would bring you pretty close to the letterforms used in the logo. See especially Filmotype Ginger, which was digitized by Mark Simo…4
