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Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
Should be “Monoline”—with optical adjustments, of course. Monowidth means fixed width, as per typewriter.3 -
Re: Which typeface is better: Helvetica or Akzidenz Grotesk?
I’ve used both. Helvetica is more useful, having the greater available range of styles. But by the same token, it’s easier to go wrong with Helvetica.2 -
Re: Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used
Thanks Mark, that’s what I was groping towards! When one adds up the number of photo reproductions that occurred from phototype font original artwork to offset printing plate, it was something like s…1 -
Re: Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used
The purpose of the “traps” is arguably not for ink. Bear in mind that trapping is the process by which areas of ink that abut in a layout are minutely oversized, in order for them to overlap in print…5 -
Re: Ultramodernity & Hypermodernity in Typeface Design
Historical taxonomy (“genotype”) is not much use for identifying type style unless one is referencing a particular design movement to which a typeface belonged. Theo Ballmer’s lettering of 1928 would…3
