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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. Crai…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 -
Re: Should I include small caps etc. in an authentic italic font revival?
Perhaps the small caps are from an older font that lacked the J character? In which case I might have expected to see an I in its place. There's certainly a lot of drama in just this one page — you'v…2
