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Re: A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)
To return to your original post, Jacob, have you seen my Scotch Modern Greek? The roman is too stiff, according to Gerry Leonidas, but Yannis Haralambous quite liked it, because of the high contrast,…3 -
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: A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)
That’s backwards. If one is writing quickly, it is much easier to keep the pen at a consistent angle, rather than continually wrist-twisting and elbow-shifting (those are simultaneous movements invol…2 -
Re: Helvetica Now inconsistent terminal/finial form, e and c
The pertinent issue with the terminals of/e and /c at display size is not so much the look of the counters and apertures in the individual letters, but the effect created when those letters are follo…3 -
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
