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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 -
Re: Looking for information on early-twentieth-century letterpress book face
Just in time for the Great Depression of 1929, Intertype released this knock-off of Goudy’s Kennerley, which they called Kenntonian. You can see a 1930 specimen here: https://archive.org/details/Inte…2 -
Re: Looking for information on early-twentieth-century letterpress book face
I had forgotten about Linotype Estienne, which was released in 1930. I'm not a fan of high x-heights, but Estienne's x-height is very, very low. In order to avoid the “crochet-hook” f, a characterist…1 -
Re: Thoughts on Monotype and its subsidiaries?
Woburn, Massachusetts, is best known for another reason entirely: a toxic waste (Trichlorethylene) calamity that poisoned the town’s drinking water and caused an outrageously high incidence of certai…5
