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Re: Palatino in book publishing
Indeed! Despite this, Zapf used Palatino in a few books before Aldus was available, including the very text-heavy Gutenberg-Jahrbuch for 1950, which had 444 pages. That was set in the Linotype versi…1 -
Re: Palatino in book publishing
The German standard baseline went into effect during the first decade of the 20th century. One of Genzsch & Heyse’s directors had spent time working in the US as a young man during the late 19th…2 -
Re: History of medial decoration?
I am not sure of their age by Fournier’s time but he showed a few ornamented faces with a similar feature on page 88 in the second volume of his Manuel typographique (1766).9 -
Re: Type Reference
Thank you, David, for providing more information about your site! I have to admit that, once it launched, I was a bit perplexed about the costs and the business model. Several libraries and museums, …10 -
Re: Sale Duration
In Germany we have laws that prevent sellers from hiking prices up and then lowering them again, calling the “lowered” prices Sales. There are also regulations that require sellers to list the pre-sa…3
