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Re: Elongation of Hebrew letters at the end of the row
Contradicting Ori Ben-Dor’s assertions that extended letters have no use in Modern Hebrew, a number of recent fonts made by prominent Israeli designers do, in fact, contain elongated letters. In addi…1 -
Re: Elongation of Hebrew letters at the end of the row
Hebrew does not permit hyphenation, so the only method of justifying lines nicely is through the use of elongated letterforms. Early typefounders always included several varieties. While there are no…8 -
Re: Paul Shaw needs your help
Thank you, James, for posting this. Paul’s injuries were severe and will require expensive surgeries that will—if they can be afforded—allow him to make a full recovery. I urge you all to post the st…2 -
Re: What is a contemporary typeface?
It should be kept in mind that all of these terms—old style, transitional, modern, etc.—were invented long after the fact. John Baskerville had no idea that he was “transitional,” only that he was ma…3 -
Re: Infant type revisited
How old is Gill Sans Infant? And who designed it? I remember reading that it was Rosemary Sassoon, the British handwriting expert, who had formulated the principles for types of this kind and designe…3
