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Re: Type Design Books Collection
The most complete and current practical guide to type design came out last year: Making Fonts (Designing Fonts in Europe) by Chris Campe and Ulrike Rausch.6 -
Type specimen word/phrase generator?
While working on my book, I needed words or phrases that contained the most distinctive glyphs from each typeface while meeting width and language requirements, along with other criteria. Finding the…4 -
Much of Thompson’s “The Script Letter” is nearly copied from a book that came 100 years before
I wanted to reply to a comment by @PabloImpallari in this thread, but didn’t want to veer off topic, so I’m posting it here. It’s a remarkable accusation, and I was skeptical at first, but he’s not f…3 -
Re: Eyeball font identification party trick strategies
I think most of my IDs are based on a memory of an established set of typefaces (maybe 500?). When I see something I can’t immediately identify, I fall back on the memory (or hunch) of how the typefa…1 -
Re: Typeface timeline
Good points, James. The Census also includes a timeline, which mentions Emigre and online font distribution.1
