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Re: Using literature in a type specimen
Can't beat Jules Verne.1 -
Re: Coming from where, at what age?
BTW, it wasn't quite as from-scratch as all that. Goudy drew alphabets as a child, published his first typeface and set up his first private press before he was 30, and worked as a freelance designer…2 -
Re: MyFonts and families
Sure, but I wasn't talking about 90% discounts or massive grab-bag bundles. Those are obviously pernicious. I was talking about gradual long-term shifts in the 'normal' undiscounted price of basic li…3 -
Re: Merchant of Alphabets
Speaking as a writer who's dealt with more than one major US publisher, I would not bet the farm on their consistency or attention to detail. Or on their giving a toss about books that aren't big ear…1 -
Re: Oldstyle tabular figures
I started out in annual report design, way back when. I used tabular oldstyle figs for financial sections quite often.2
