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Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
There is also an “uninstantiated” kind of typeface, a Platonic ideal which exists in the ether of the collective conscious. We all know what “Bodoni” or “Garamond” look like and can draw those from m…0 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
This philosophical debate could go on a while, so I’d like to try and explain my theory with an illustration. Three type genres which may be interpolated between, with axes of contrast and serif thic…0 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
John Hudson: Thomas: I wasn’t intending to talk about intellectual property in a legal sense, when I meant it quite literally as “an idea that belongs to a designer” and how easily such things may no…0 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
To clarify the issue of derivation: 1. Is it legal? 2. Is it easy? 3. Is it significant? By using the term “robust” I was alluding to (2) fences and the safety of one’s property, not (1) Hudson’s foc…-1 -
Re: Laatz v. Zazzle
John Savard: Well then, if weight, contrast, x-height and serif style don’t determine what a type design is, but are values controlled by a multi-axis parametric font, which is in effect a typeface d…-1
