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Re: Looking for references of very heavy serifs with diagonal stress
This is Pegasus by the great Berthold Wolpe.1 -
Re: Renaissance Font Reproduction for Historical Music Notation Software
Music type was always a commercial compromise, the fastest method for reproduction of simple notation in the early letterpress era. It was adequate for much 15th- and 16th-century part music and simp…1 -
Re: Looking for good scan of Austin Specimen
It’s interesting that this book, published in 1838, shows all the signs of discoloration and deterioration associated with wood pulp paper. Yet, in the book conservation world, it is generally held t…1 -
Re: Looking for good scan of Austin Specimen
A very workable scan of the entire book is available through the Hathi Trust: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.319510020822920&view=1up&seq=13 -
Re: What are the great conceptual fonts?
Lance Hidy’s Penumbra, in its original Multiple Master form (released by Adobe in 1994), is a prime example of a “concept font.” It was the first—and only—MM font that deployed a style variation slid…3
