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Re: Specific diacritic designs depending on language
If you look at German foundry and type-house specimens of the mid 20th century, you will find quite a few typefaces with low umlauts on the caps. I will post some images next week. A classic example …2 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
And we haven’t even discussed capitals yet. Of course, “true” italic capitals are exactly the same as the roman, which is how Aldo Manutio and Carl Dair did it! https://www.fontspring.com/fonts/shinn…3 -
Re: Is it ok to call a "typeface design" the UI of a font software program?
Yes, and a mug is the UI between me and my morning coffee. A plate, however, being flat, is more like a platform for serving food content. This metaphor game is fun! *** My first published typeface (…4 -
Re: What are 'true italics'?
Adrian Frutiger and Hermann Zapf were required to second guess their original italics for Optima (Nova) and Frutiger (Next), under the (marketing?) premise/pretext of the superiority of “truth”, but …1 -
Re: Anti-Ink-Traps
I produced Brown (left) and Worldwide (centre) initially for newsprint, optically scaled. The minting sharpens up body type, and provides visual interest at display size. The third style is Beaufort,…2
