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Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
Yes, I like it too. Maybe not as much as the regular size, though. In my book, Janson is the font that looks more versatile in the small-text variant; I mean, the hand-set, metal type Janson, not any…1 -
Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
Two more samples. Two versions of the small-text optical size. Note the stark differences in the lowercase g/. And another, even smaller.1 -
Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
I completely agree. Another genius in the same situation is Louis Perrin. I love Mr Cortat dearly, and I greatly respect his talent, but his Louize doesn't remotely do justice to the original. After …1 -
Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
A poor sample. I'll look for a better one. (BTW, I think one thing that makes this Fleischmann superior -- for the reading experience -- is the lower x-height, relative to the modern revivals. And, o…1 -
Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
Yes, thank you, Mr Coles. I had scanned a few pages from volume X, at high resolution, but they're PDFs, and I didn't know how to display them here. So, I took a screenshot. But, yes, your sample is …1
