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Scrunch!
Some major phototypositing, back in 1972. Note also the chopped off ascenders. I wonder if the art director insisted that the copy have no descenders…4 -
Re: Scrunch!
Would typositor have produced the inconsistent baseline of “invent”?2 -
Re: Family x-Height
I theorize that we are aware of both the absolute size of text letters and their size as “stroked paths”—i.e. linear shapes which have thickness. Who knows, perhaps we also factor the size of the cou…6 -
Re: A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)
I don’t think it’s a problem, the constraints of hand movement and tool are common. In this example by Marcus Musurus (Burney MS 96, f 144r), there is not much stroke width contrast, but from what th…2 -
Re: Definition of penmanship
“Penmanship” had practical, educational and commercial overtones. It was a skill required not just in higher education, but in a lot of office jobs—secretary, clerk, bookkeeper, etc.—before typewrite…8
