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Re: What is the earliest instance of a type foundry paying royalties?
Fortunately Goudy occasionally wrote about money, so we don't have to completely make shit like this up. In 1905, so an young-but-not-green Goudy, asked BB&S for $500 to for a new design. I check…1 -
Re: Proportions of Spacing
There is also the David Kindersley stuff, mostly relates to spacing: http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/shop/optical-letter-spacing.php http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/spacing/ http://typophile.…2 -
Re: Tabular figs in bold+ weights
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Re: Are foundry initials an inherent part of a type family name?
Sorry, I was being general on purpose. I think the golden-rule starting point needs to be 'No.' There are certainly exceptions, like generic terms, but they should be carefully considered. The first …8 -
Re: Kind of a weird question
In case anyone is interested in this technique, here's the charming Roy Underhill episode: http://www.pbs.org/video/the-woodwrights-shop-inlaid-lettering-with-steve-latta/ @RogerFeeley CNC fonts for …2
