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Re: Matthew Carter's definition of 'revival'
Recuttings are possible, but the term “recutting” can only be applied to, well, recuttings of individual type sizes. There are real Garamond matrices in at least two European collections. One could, …3 -
Re: Please help identify possible age of this carved Number?
I would say that, in Britain and the United States, this flat-topped 8 was more common at the end of the 19th Century than in any other period. But, it could be early 18th Century. Without more conte…5 -
Re: PhD/ArtD — where to go?
Several Reading professors do/have done scientific experiments. Particularly legibility experiments. You should get in touch with David Březina, whose PhD in reading included machine learning (https:…1 -
Re: New Fontspring site
The website looks pretty great on a mobile device. A problem Andreas noted – having to scroll down on the font landing page to see the banners provided by the type designer – does not happen on mobil…4 -
Re: Terms and Definitions - a Cheat Sheet - Help/Insight
Some time ago, I seem to recall Nick Sherman suggesting that numbers be referred to as “numerals” rather than figures. That was a good idea, as even in English a figure can be a thing that is not a n…2
