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Re: Fun, detailed essay on old machine-routing font
I suppose I should clarify my remarks.I found your book excellent and fascinating.The reason that I found the online essay to be in error is, simply, that the convention in typography is to use a nam…0 -
Re: Fun, detailed essay on old machine-routing font
Well, Marcin Wichary did write a book.But, sadly, in my opinion, this essay is marred by a serious error. Yes, the Gorton Machine company made one typeface of this form for its line of metal engravin…0 -
Re: Drawing greek letters
My initial impression was that it looked about as good as the Greek in many typefaces provided by major vendors which were not primarily intended as Greek-language typefaces. Although I am neither a …1 -
Re: You would think that the Washington Post could do better than this
I have been thinking some more about this issue.Is it possible to simultaneously hold, without contradicting oneself, the following two propositions as beliefs:* The mishandling of accented words sho…0 -
Re: You would think that the Washington Post could do better than this
Everyone else, seeing this sort of thing in TIME or the Washington Post or wherever, would just think it is ugly and incompetent. As the designer of the typeface TIME uses, no doubt you die a little…0
