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Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
Do you think it happens by mere association? Being Italian I have been exposed very little to De Vinne, regardless, as I approached it and familiarized with them, these american types convey a disti…1 -
Re: Maths glyphs in a non-maths font?
P.S. Here’s how Product and Summation are used, so they are expected to be centered vertically with the x-height, and be at least two times the Capitals in height.1 -
Re: Industrial typefaces
I think of typefaces that originated mostly in the second phase of the Industrial Revolution (1870-1914), whose character reveal a spiritual attunement with that time. I.e. I consider many late XIX c…1 -
Re: Maths glyphs in a non-maths font?
Cristobal, the reason for which they almost always extend to the descender value is that in general they are centered with the x-height, and looking at mathematical expressions it seems they need to…2 -
Re: "Cursive" italic forms
Script 12 Pitch. Originally developed by IBM for their Selectric typewriters. Since the inspiration for the beautiful Operator came from monospaced typefaces, I guess this is one of the main referenc…3
