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Re: Are printed specimens just fun objects or do they really help sell type?
I want to toss out another thought: type purchases are more often mnemonic than they are impulsive. A designer sees a type that looks interesting or enticing, but has no immediate need for it. But a …3 -
Re: Are printed specimens just fun objects or do they really help sell type?
I buy fonts, Latin fonts, though I have made some in the past. The Hebrew fonts I use, which appear in much of my work, I make myself. For us book designers—or anyone who handles lengthy texts—seeing…1 -
Re: Allowing type-use topics (graphic design, typography etc)
It seems to me that there is, already, a forum for some of what’s been suggested: Fontsinuse. Fonstinuse is not, however, a dialogue; you have to look and draw your own conclusions. Something else it…3 -
Re: Letter-fitting and spacing research
Nathan, I tried to be charitable and give it a shot, but all I can say to you is this: Quousque tandem abutere, Nathana, patientia nostra?2 -
Re: Looking for good scan of Austin Specimen
Thank you, all, for your various comments on paper manufacturing, and Nick, for your reminder of Mayhew, which, as a student, I tried to slog through in all its volumes, but never succeeded. I do rem…1
