-
Type ID: pre 1850s Didone
I am trying to identify a Didone type that appears in a series of pre-1850s books printed in Paris. After examining the type I think someone modified an existing Didot to make it a display face. You …1 -
Re: Type ID: pre 1850s Didone
Jean François Porchez recognized this as being from the foundry of Jules Didot. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k852262t2 -
Re: Does InDesign support Descriptive Names for Stylistic Sets yet?
Not as hard as I did when John responded to “Hudsy”.3 -
Mechanizing punch punching.
Were punches always driven into matrices with a hammer? It seems like at some point someone would have built a press for driving a punch straight in and to a set depth, but I’ve never read anything a…1 -
Re: Donate to TypeDrawers
Stewf has been one of the most friendly, intelligent, impartial, and respected people in this industry for longer than I’ve been a part of it at all. I cannot think of a better person to run Typedraw…8
