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Re: Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
I tried a convex serif effect in Paradigm, but on a practical matter, overshoot in the capitals was problematic. Note “HO”—the convexity counteracts overshoot, and yet realistically in this “paradigm…2 -
Re: favourite sources for metal type research
American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century, by Matt McGrew. Very comprehensive.7 -
Re: Reason for this kind of double quotation marks
Here is the answer to yesterday’s riddle: John Underwood Andover Kent2 -
Re: Time to Leave Creative Market - Default Font License Now Grants Unlimited Commercial Use
I permit mods, and it’s worked for me. Case in point: Monotype modified a weight of Beaufort for the League of Legends web site, adding language support and changing the /3 to have a pointy top right…4 -
Electra Oblique
Colophon from Paul Gallico’s The Snow Goose, published in 1944 by Knopf. The entire text of this short book is set in the sloped roman of Electra, to the copiously-leaded specification shown here. (A…3
