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Re: Copying punches?
Punchcutters worked at actual sizes and were very good at getting repetitive detail right. After the introduction of electrotyping in the 1840s, foundries did start editing soft-metal punches. But th…4 -
Re: favourite sources for metal type research
Hey Lukas!The best way to examine these types depends a bit on where one is. Fortunately, I know where you are. The best way for you to examine prints of types cut by Granjon, Garamond or Griffo is t…6 -
Re: Bank Gothic Variable Font / FontLab VI
FWIW, when I was much younger and working at Linotype, I drew a Bank Gothic with a new lowercase. Some of the caps were based on old Ikarus data that Linotype had; Linotype had sold Bank Gothic fonts…4 -
Re: Regular newspapers made with manual typesetting
Hrant may be thinking of the Musalman, a newspaper from Chennai in India. https://www.google.de/amp/s/www.thehindu.com/society/the-worlds-only-handwritten-newspaper-is-91-and-sells-at-75-paise/articl…2 -
Re: Helvetica Now inconsistent terminal/finial form, e and c
I am surprised that no one has mentioned this so far: In the original metal fonts of Neue Haas-Grotesk, some of the terminals are not flat, but instead have a slight angle. I have seen this on severa…3
