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Re: History of ball terminals in serif typefaces
The ball terminal is associated with the pointed nib because that tool is adept at making any shape, by “filling in”, and also by putting a height of ink—a blob, even—on the page when pressed down fi…5 -
Re: History of ball terminals in serif typefaces
But Wes, balls are supposedly round, not teardrop or oval shaped (other than rugby and American football…) It’s rather difficult to write a round shape with anything other than a pointed nib pen. (Or…2 -
Re: Are Bézier with only one handle bad ?
Morissey’s lyric may also be interpreted as a lament for the passing of the vinyl record, which he associates with the music of his youth—it was written around the time CD sales surpassed vinyl. A ru…4 -
Re: Buzzfeed UK releases new brand typeface
What James said. Most recent custom American corporate typefaces aren’t really type designs, because they are not based on original ideas; to use a musical analogy, they are performances, restylings …2 -
Re: Q: What are the basic and advanced principles of turning body text sans into serif and vice versa?
For the round characters, perhaps, but I find that the tops of the thick vertical and angled straight stems in the Bold have a lot to say in defining the x-height. Also, the perception of x-height is…1
