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Re: Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
De Vinne was frequently used in ads during the early 20th century. I recommend trawling the American/Inland Printer and other magazine and newspaper hi-res archives from 1900–1920.1 -
Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
The reason is fashion. Wonkiness is in style, perhaps in response to the now fading trend of high-tech geometry. It’s interesting to see this play against the general truth that text serifs are gene…1 -
Re: Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
There are several volumes on the Internet Archive. Is this the type you mean?1 -
Re: Critique my Wes Wilson style variable font!
I think some of your other forms could have more density too: M, T, W. As an alternative to the spade-like shape, Wilson’s simpler M from this poster:2 -
Re: Critique my Wes Wilson style variable font!
Great project, Matthijs. I think it's the ideal variable challenge, especially optical size. If you want more, high quality examples of Roller’s lettering we recently added the complete Ver Sacr…3
