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Re: favourite sources for metal type research
Oh! Don’t miss CAST Foundry’s excellent series of articles on early type, including Jenson, other Venetians, other early Romans, and Bodoni. The research and images are top notch.3 -
Re: People's choice voting now open for Morisawa competition
There are some innovative and accomplished designs in there. It’s sad that the voting is by style rather than submission. Seeing multiple weights of the same design as separate entries is confusing.7 -
Re: What do you call this part of an /r?
“Arm” is fine. It can still refer to different kinds of arms.4 -
Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
Claudio, I’m glad you’re looking into Howland! I’ve long been interested in this one too, especially the extra condensed display sizes which really stand out in those early ATF specimens. Letterform …2 -
Re: MyType.io: Will this service help you?
@"Miles Newlyn", I see what you’re getting at: typeface selection by surface appearance alone is reductive. But I argue it’s also reductive to say a tool like this isn’t useful, especially …1
