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Re: What's this old metal arabic typeface?
Good find. I have that Amsterdam/Tetterode specimen book, and can confirm that this typeface is indeed the Maleisch No.2. It is slightly more heavily inked in the specimen book, but the shapes are un…1 -
Re: Type Design vs Type Engineering?
I would say the division, insofar as one can be said to exist, is at the level of the specific font format, i.e. the particular technology for which a typeface design is being engineered. That is the…4 -
Re: Create metric-equivalent font
I’m not aware of any examples, but in part this is because until recently most of the metrics compatible projects involved older typefaces like Times and Helvetica that originated in the industrial p…3 -
Re: Create metric-equivalent font
In metal, Times New Roman (Monotype) preceded Times (Linotype). The Times newspaper, like most others, used Linotype machines, so the design was adapted for Linotype setting pretty immediately. That …2 -
Re: Create metric-equivalent font
Use in design is hardly the only or, these days, even the primary value proposition for a font. Companies create metrics compatible fonts because they’re valuable to those companies. Metrics compatib…1
