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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 -
Re: Under what conditions can I modify a font for commercial use?
I make fonts and I also buy fonts. Because I work in books, I almost always have the opportunity to credit type designers for their contribution. I like to think my work has been of benefit—or, at le…3 -
Re: Milton Glaser, type designer
Looking at specimens in the post, I am struck by how good they are and, even more telling, how I can remember having seen each one, in some cases not for decades. Milton’s type designs have the quali…2
