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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 -
Re: Romanée – New Release?
What Dan Reynolds writes about about the likelihood of JvK’s desire for control might well be correct. But who cares? That salient fact is that van Krimpen (through Enschedé) published the work, maki…3 -
Re: Romanée – New Release?
One of the issues that has come up in this discussion is what, exactly, constitutes “original” work. A parallel to type revivals, especially those that render in digital form designs that originated …3 -
Re: Romanée – New Release?
I don't know what behooved me to research this further, but I found the official English translation of the Dutch Copyright Act, in which Article 10.1.12, states: “Reproductions of a literary, scient…1
