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Re: Question: Why are foot serifs cupped?
Another potential factor not yet mentioned: As metal sorts are used over and over, their surfaces get worn, and more so at their corners. So cupping serifs may also be seen as a countermeasure to the…3 -
Re: Le Romain du Roi
The book at the archive.org link includes at the beginning an "Avertissement" that mentions this is a quarto-sized quick publication to satisfy the public's demands following the deluxe fol…5 -
Re: Monotype to be Acquired
And that includes searches for "Taylor Swyft"!2 -
Re: Going to Italy, looking for Jenson's Adress (and other cool stuff)
In Florence you could go to Santa Croce and see the carved tombstones that inspired Zapf’s Optima.2 -
1954 proposal to rid figures of curves
"A new set of numbers was designed which breaks away from the tradition of using a uniform stroke width for number forms, and instead makes as much use as possible of more easily discriminated f…6
