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Re: Fraction Slash
In part that may be because a century ago fonts didn't routinely come in families with weights ranging to extra bold or black (the squeezed Pabst example above notwithstanding).2 -
Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
No, make those too, for c2sc settings!1 -
Re: Eau de Garamond — a sans distilled from the essence of Garamond
Maybe...and then with contrast you may find the stroke endings need a little added weight to work in text. Something like this: Then your Garamond Sans might really click! ;-)2 -
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
