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Re: 1.5 stories g'
Here’s a collection of letter evolutions compiled by Martin Tiefenthaler for his talk at Tÿpo St. Gallen 2011, including one for G→g from Jost Hochuli’s Das Detail in der Typografie.1 -
Re: 1.5 stories g'
Right, here’s one of them. See more such ‘g’s on Flickr.1 -
Re: Looking for references: rounded fat faces/1800s slabs
I second what Paul said, drawing is always helpful. For historical sources, the obvious answer is libraries and related collections. The specifics depend on your location and dedication. Buckboard ap…1 -
Re: German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
The shopfront pictures are a delight. That sounds plausible to me. I don’t know about hats in particular, but at least in some areas, Zoll remained a common unit until deep into the 20th century. No …1 -
Re: There's two variants of old cursive/script lowercase d – rules on usage?
In the period in question, children in German-speaking countries typically learned two different scripts at school, “Lateinisch” (roundhand) and “Deutsch” (Kurrent, a cursive form of Fraktur). These …5
