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Re: A humanist grotesque (sic!)
You don’t have to make the bars the same stem thickness as the rest of the glyph. For instance, it is arguably better to have a top-to-bottom thin stroke in the $, rather than an S sprouting a couple…2 -
Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
@"Jasper de Waard" Using Times Roman small caps is playing within the rules of the game. Like using both hands to hold your tennis racquet.1 -
Re: Visual Alternatives to Times New Roman?
Are you the only student in this class? If not, then the reason for using a “default” typeface such as Times Roman is so that everyone’s work will be judged on their writing, not their font choice. A…6 -
Re: Late 1970s to Early 1980s typesetting
The biggest difference between then and now: there were two quite distinct photo-technologies, one for display (with quite large glyph images, on a 2-inch film strip) and one for text, with much smal…3 -
Re: Platonic Ideals in Typography
I try to avoid neutral. Being in gear takes one much further.2
