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Re: Case study: SS.I typographic redesign
Thanks, Stephen, that actually means the world to me. I had wondered whether I should stop discussing this, since I didn't sense any interest, but thanks to you I will keep posting updates. The …1 -
Re: Reverse Italic, Backslanted, Cilati
"Reverse italic" already has a well-established meaning among editors and typographers. Reverse italic refers to a passage set in roman type within an otherwise italic context.5 -
Fun, detailed essay on old machine-routing font
This should be of interest to the denizens of TypeDrawers: https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/6 -
Re: Punctuation education
The Chicago ellipsis is notoriously widely spaced. I respect Chicago's advice on many things, but I tend to ignore them when it comes to typography. CMOS is written by editors, not typographers.…1 -
Re: Punctuation education
I build my own ellipses, three- and four-dot, for this reason. I use nonbreaking spaces between periods, typically condensed to 50% width (automated with GREP). One consequence of this is that the in…1
