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Re: Smallcaps vs. Bold, Slanted/Oblique vs. Italic
A monotone grey for body text contrast is preferable—because that way when someone looks at a whole page or a column of type the italics (or small caps) used for textual emphasis don’t jump out. They…4 -
Re: Smallcaps vs. Bold, Slanted/Oblique vs. Italic
Another nail in the coffin of “Either/Or”: Bold Small Caps, serving a hierarchical purpose in Entertainment Weekly. Scala Sans, c.2000.4 -
Re: Cyrillic extension cost
I didn’t find a Cyrillic consultant necessary, although I did attend a brilliant Cyrillic seminar in New York, organized by the TDC, involving Maxim Zhukov. I relied primarily on a number of referenc…4 -
Re: Chess Diagram Characters
The typographic chess King’s crown is a representation of the crown(s) used for crowning British monarchs, from at least the 17th century—notable for its arches and maltese cross. Crowns were availab…2 -
Re: How many typeface projects do you have going at any given time?
Would that “projects” meant just making fonts, and didn’t include specimens and banners and press releases and all that other marketing stuff.2
