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Re: Who designed Prestige Elite?
Thanks Si and Kent. I emailed Bill and Matthew. "Clayton Smith" is a mystery. Every search for his name associated with IBM comes up empty. He only appears in association with the Bitstream…4 -
Re: Quotes about typography, not by white guys...
Russell, I commend you for helping your students see themselves as typographers by seeing typographers like themselves. First, check out Alphabettes. There are also many good quotes to be found in th…4 -
Re: ATypI's (old) stance on cloning vs. yours
I concur with Mark. There are many Bitstream revivals that are unique. One of the most obvious may be their Futura, which is very different from Linotype’s and any other version. It’s more of a redes…4 -
Re: The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.
FYI, we just posted Letterform Archive’s hi-fi capture of the “Spécimen des Caractères Romains Employés par l’Imprimerie Royale, de 1640 a 1846” comparing roman and italic alphabets from Garamont (Ja…4 -
Re: Nick Cooke of G-Type, TypographHer interview
Good call, Mark: https://chromeography.com/tagged/upright_script And, yes, Nick’s is more curvaceous, less square and angular. Congratulations on the launch @"Nick Cooke"!1
