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Re: Type making costs through the ages
This is a tricky topic, because studies of the kind you are looking for have not been published. The information that is available tends to be part of works on different subjects. I touched on these …2 -
Re: Specific diacritic designs depending on language
See p. 16ff of this PDF: http://gaultney.org/jvgtype/wp-content/uploads/ProbsOfDiacDesignLowRes.pdf7 -
Re: Dry Transfer Lettering — Germany — perhaps circa 1970 ?
I’d be happy to help. The medium of whatever you are looking at is probably paramount. In 1970, the number of still in-use (or at least theoretically available for use) metal blackletter typefaces wa…2 -
Re: Seeking additional specimens of "Fafner" by Schelter & Giesecke
According to Hans Reichardt’s data, Fafner was published in 1905 (http://www.klingspor-museum.de/KlingsporKuenstler/HR_Schriftbuch/HR_Kapitel_F.pdf). That might help narrow it down … I mean, as you a…3 -
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
