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Serifed Schwa
Being derived directly from minuscule /e, the sans serif Schwas, upper and lower case, almost design themselves, but the serifed versions are problematic. Lacking much in the way of precedent, I’ve e…4 -
Re: Calluna Sans as an alternative to Scala Sans, but...
I find the most important quality to look for when deciding on point size and leading is how much one’s eye is tempted to travel up and down, rather than across. Several things in a layout affect thi…3 -
Re: Let's chat about Trademark, Registered & Copyright Symbols
Here are a couple of examples of the kind of text I dealt with as a typographically prone art director 25 years ago, which has informed my practice as a type designer. I haven’t done this kind of wor…5 -
Re: Do typedesigners with bad handwriting exist?
Manuscript page from “A Christmas Carol” While a teen, Charles Dickens had worked as a clerk in a law office, so one can assume that he was capable of the polished and professional formal script requ…2 -
Re: Do typedesigners with bad handwriting exist?
We all try to outdo our teachers. That creates an historical thread, and a web of influence. Gudrun Zapf von Hesse was an apprentice and assistant at the bookbindery of Otto Dorfner in Weimar from 19…1
