i *heart* bookman

paul d hunt
21.Jan.2006 7.14pm
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yay! i just noticed on the veer site that Jason Walcott has done his own version of Bookman, complete with all the swashies! Too bad there’s no OpenType version, tho. :’( I may have to do my own version yet.



Stephen Coles
21.Jan.2006 8.04pm
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I dunno, I’m not sure this is worth celebrating. Does anyone really want to use Bookman anymore? I’d rather Jason work on a swashed serif of his own design.


paul d hunt
21.Jan.2006 8.37pm
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Does anyone really want to use Bookman anymore?

besides me? i’m sure there are! Can’t wait to see this beauty all over book jackets...again. >^P


Miss Tiffany
21.Jan.2006 9.21pm
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Bookman reminds me of when I first started using computers and it was one of the only typefaces we had. It is fun to watch as different typefaces are revived. More than book jackets I can’t wait for the t-shirts.


Miss Tiffany
21.Jan.2006 9.22pm
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err. that isn’t what i made.what happened!


Miss Tiffany
21.Jan.2006 9.22pm
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looks like typophile pictures are having problems again.


Stephen Coles
21.Jan.2006 9.51pm
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I think it’s the file name, Tiff. Your image shares the same name as another already in the system. Try renaming your image and then upload again.


Miss Tiffany
21.Jan.2006 10.10pm
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Oh. That isn’t such a good bug. :^/


Grant Hutchinson
23.Jan.2006 1.25pm
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Paul... I’m trying to convince Jason to get up to speed on OS X and Fontlab so we can start releasing some OpenType Jukebox jigginess. Maybe this year. Fingers crossed. Bookman would definitely be one of the first families that I’d pick to expand and enhance.


paul d hunt
25.Jan.2006 1.26pm
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interesting. i just caught wind that ITC has just released Bookman in OT format. But i’m afraid ITC Bookman is another creature. I guess you can’t have your cake...


4G.17
22.Feb.2008 8.06am
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But i’m afraid ITC Bookman is another creature.
I guess you can’t have your cake...

I was just wondering why you dislike ITC Bookman?
I’m actually working with it for a school project and think it’s pretty neat, and has nice lowercase “g”s.

personally I think it’s unassuming, nice to read, and when you look up close it’s very pleasant.


paul d hunt
22.Feb.2008 8.13am
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I DO like ITC Bookman, but for me it doesn’t have the nostalgia that the original Bookman does. That just has to do with spice jars in my home kitchen growing up and with nothing else. That’s all I was saying...