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Re: Critique on Hebrew design wanted
This is one of my Prague fonts, which I mentioned above. It’s an interpretation of types that appeared in several publications of Abraham Cohen, in 1530. The leftward slant was typical of the Ashkena…4 -
Re: Critique on Hebrew design wanted
This is a nice start, Andreas. The general impression I get is that the font is somewhat wobbly, with some letters being slightly right-leaning (alef, bet, zayin, tet, kaf, kaf sofit, mem sofit, nun …2 -
Re: Sharp S can appear at start of word
I’m grateful to @Helmut Wollmersdorfer for furnishing the reference works. I have to admit that I never paid much attention to the post-WWII German Yiddish reference books, though I have read many sc…1 -
Re: Sharp S can appear at start of word
For those of you who are not familiar with it, Yiddish is a West Germanic language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews and written in Hebrew script. It contains a significant number of Hebrew and Aramaic words,…4 -
Re: A Grand Romance
In its context, there was nothing eccentric about these figures. The ascending 3 and 5 was typical of the style of the Didots, and you’ll find it in the revivals by Linotype and Typofonderie (both al…3
