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Re: Type design critiques should cost some money
Sorry to see James’ departure. I’ve always valued his posts. *** I try to avoid critiquing typeface designs, not because of any parsimony on my part, but because I consider it impertinent to randomly…5 -
Re: On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs
Robert Bringhurst’s system of categorization, detailed in his Style Guide, makes the connection, but with a few loose ends! In other words, type history follows its own course. The “rationalization” …1 -
Re: On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs
“Rationalization” sounds very intellectual, but neoclassicism was an aesthetic style as much as anything—witness architect John Nash’s predilection for stucco, covering the the bricks and blocks of c…3 -
Re: On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs
There is also the role of printing technology to consider. In his 1819 Imperial Foundry specimen, Richard Austin acknowledged the role of new technology (harder metal, smoother paper, blacker ink) in…5 -
Re: Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)
No, I was thinking of Christian Schwartz’s Local Gothic.3
