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Re: Width & weight relationships
Some historical types have the same width from regular to bold because those two weights were duplexed on the same Linotype matrices. Sabon is an example. I have found that when working with unconven…7 -
Re: A new type publishing brand
There's something to that. But "does the logo work in B&W" is also a call to examine the how the logo is working tonally (light and dark, divorced from hue)--and that's actually someth…4 -
Re: Ascender & descenders in Latin type design
Thanks for posting this. Your method is a bit surprising to me in two ways. First your approach starts from the micro level out instead of the macro level in (i.e., shapes dictating the space used in…2 -
Re: Untitled serif, student type design
That's a widespread, longstanding, and sound method for which no embarrassment is warranted!1 -
Re: Oldstyle tabular figures
As I'd draw them, oldstyle three and five descend because their bottoms look more like descenders than their tops look like ascenders. Just as with all the other oldstyle figures, the more "rigi…2
