Jan had the title “Type Writer” on his business card. I always wanted to emulate that career, and will probably spend the rest of mine trying to live up to his. (View Post)
I'm particularly impressed with the “toilet seat” lettering in that it echoes the pen strokes of the accompanying artwork. I wonder what fonts (if any) the system uses as models. (View Post)
My favorite piece of historical hardware specifically made for type design is the Ikarus digitizer. Here’s a photo of an early model, courtesy DTL: You can see a later model being used by Jim Rimmer … (View Post)
Any reason you’re limited to pre-1800? There was a lot more stylistic innovation and experimentation in type design in the 19th century – thousands more typefaces, many of them not revived. That said… (View Post)