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The Typographic Desk Reference
Posted by theorosendorf in
20 Nov 2008 — 9:01pm
20 Nov 2008 — 9:01pm
My book "The Typographic Desk Reference" is nearing completion and should be available within the next few months. Typophile helped me in my research along the way and a few of you are mentioned in the book's acknowledgements.
Here's the promotional website:
Thanks for being here Typophiles,
Theo
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21 Nov 2008 — 6:43am
Congratulations. It looks top-notch.
21 Nov 2008 — 11:06am
This looks very interesting. Do you feel your book is a companion to Bringhurst or is there more overlap than that?
21 Nov 2008 — 11:43am
Thanks guys. I'm looking forward to see what the community thinks. I'm sure some well deserved dismantling will occur.
May I dare say a companion to Bringhurst? Mentioning my book in the same sentence as Bringhurst's is humbling.
But yes, it's intended as a companion more of less. It's structured for quick reference about the facts but doesn't cover style like Bringhurst.
Theo
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21 Nov 2008 — 12:38pm
Theo,
One little thing :^)
Classification & Specimens:
"Fette Fraktur....Bauer at Frankfurt"
Why "at Frankfurt" and not "in Frankfurt"? -- don't we use "in" for the names of states, counties, towns, continents, countries; and "at" for specific place e.g. "at Frankfurt Airport"
21 Nov 2008 — 7:29pm
Good question David. Not a little thing either ;)
There are lots of those in the book.
"At" invokes the visualization of a map's location in a way "in" can't.
But depending on which style book you're holding...
It's being edited as we speak, so there's a slight chance this could bubble up there. Hope it doesn't though.
24 Nov 2008 — 6:43pm
> There are lots of those in the book.
How many? :^)
> Hope it doesn’t...
Ahh.... so, I'm a trouble maker :^)
24 Nov 2008 — 7:33pm
hehe
David, before we go any further, could you supply your contact information so I know where to send my invoices?
3 Dec 2008 — 7:14am
Theo, this book is fantastic! As a type geek this is exactly the kind of stuff I love. I will definitely be purchasing one. I'm going to post about it today on my blog AisleOne.
3 Dec 2008 — 8:56am
Thanks YOTS! I like your blog.
19 Dec 2008 — 2:44pm
@David Hamuel: Why “at Frankfurt” and not “in Frankfurt”? — don’t we use “in” for the names of states, counties, towns, continents, countries; and “at” for specific place e.g. “at Frankfurt Airport”
American English uses "in Frankfurt". Classical and contemporary British English speakers like myself use "at Frankfurt" in a bid to keep the culture of classical antiquity alive.
j a m e s
19 Dec 2008 — 2:42pm
This is a beautiful book & a welcome addition to the typo reference sector. What I would like to see is a sister edition set in a readable blackletter such as Final Fraktur. Typographers like Dan Reynolds and myself do what we can to promote a revival of blackletters as an alternative to the dictatorship of the Western roman alphabet.
j a m e s
19 Dec 2008 — 7:45pm
Thanks James. I'm intrigued by your blackletter idea. We should discuss it further.
20 Dec 2008 — 6:10am
That would be of great interest to me. You may contact me offline via my user page. We might also start a thread in the Blackletter Special Interest Group to get a discussion rolling.
j a m e s