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Re: Where to find old fonts?
You are quite right Kris, high res is not necessary, but it doesn’t hurt to see the fine details of historic typography, for educational reasons, and if one is attempting a close facsimile effect—100…1 -
Re: With more appearances of "AI" in text, I wonder about /I with crossbars
One might consider putting in some Contextual code to substitute a serifed “I” in the acronym AI, for fonts that otherwise have an I without serifs.2 -
Re: Where to find old fonts?
In general, I have been disappointed with the lack of resolution provided by the scans available online. This is particularly problematic for text type.6 -
Re: Tips on drawings?
When you say you are “designing straight into the computer” you are in fact drawing lines. Drawing is not just pen or pencil on paper, but also manipulating bezier paths. This equivalence is more app…3 -
Re: Would you recommend being a type designer?
One of the things that directed me towards type design was the idea of earning passive income from dry-transfer royalties. Like rock stars from vinyl record sales. That was in the 1970s. I submitted …5
