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The 2019 Font Purchasing Habits Survey
Mary Catherine Pflug has posted this year’s edition of her survey for Monotype. Despite some reservations, I think it’s a valuable effort on the whole and can teach us all a lot. For the type designe…4 -
Re: Seeking additional specimens of "Fafner" by Schelter & Giesecke
BTW, our copy of the 1912 S&G catalog has a tipped in sheet showing the addition of smaller sizes. Also, your image above doesn’t quite indicate that the Schraffierte style is made of tightly spa…3 -
Re: Seeking additional specimens of "Fafner" by Schelter & Giesecke
We do indeed have the Fafner brochure. Here are some snapshots. As George said, we can provide hi-res scans or photography upon request.3 -
Re: favourite sources for metal type research
See also Books About Type Design and Founding in the United States of America.1 -
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
