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Re: Playboy
Art directors provided type houses with a rough layout of the ad and typed copy (text), marked up for typeface, size, leading, paragraph indent and extra leading, and measure (line length). The headl…2 -
Re: When did the "Serif vs. Sans" derby started?
Working as an art director in the early 1990s, I would try out different typefaces for new projects, and was struck by how old-fashioned serifed styles made things look—and retro was not in fashion e…1 -
Re: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E
I continue to be impressed with the title of this thread, so important sounding!—authoritative, erudite, technical and obscure. And with an f_f_i ligature to boot. One more time: Council for German O…1 -
Re: Specific diacritic designs depending on language
I don’t think one should follow national “models” slavishly. It’s more important to consider difficult situations in the particular typeface one is working on. For instance, the sequence í_l in Ferna…3 -
Re: Council for German Orthography officially allows use of u+1E9E
Having designed the character in a variety of genres, I’ve come to the conclusion that what works best in most is the Flat-top Dresden (e.g. in Sense, bottom right), with the Leipzig (e.g. in Goodchi…5
