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Re: r rotunda in inscriptions
Did you see the ꝛ in Albrecht Dürer’s Textura? http://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/17139/140/2 -
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