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from a Collection by Hebrew Type Expert Sol Malkoff
Posted by gohebrew in
13 Dec 2012 — 10:08pm
13 Dec 2012 — 10:08pm
In July 1990, Sol Molkoff sent me a bundle of type samples, articles, and long letter.
They could have made an excellent book on Hebrew type.
I scan ans post the pages in this section.
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13 Dec 2012 — 10:25pm
15 Dec 2012 — 12:20pm
These are very nice. Have you seen Izzy Pludwinski's new book, Mastering Hebrew Calligraphy? It is very good.
15 Dec 2012 — 3:45pm
No, John.
Who is Izzy Pludwinski?
16 Dec 2012 — 9:49am
16 Dec 2012 — 7:47pm
Mr Pludwinski is a Hebrew calligrapher, originally from New York and now residing in Jerusalem. His new book is one of the best introductions to the script that I have seen. It includes, among other things, a nice chapter on analysing historical manuscript styles.
http://www.impwriter.com/
17 Dec 2012 — 4:28pm
>> It includes, among other things, a nice chapter on analysing historical manuscript styles.
John,
Which chapter is that?
18 Dec 2012 — 2:53pm
Most of those are too calligraphic, at least from my perspective; I think they hold back Hebrew typography. Arabic has the same problem (in fact probably worse).
hhp
18 Dec 2012 — 5:10pm
Hrant, a deep knowledge of history and of scribal hands is no barrier to being innovative in type. I think it's an advantage, if taken with the right spirit. Fred Smeijers is an example of a designer who is both deep into history and innovative.
19 Dec 2012 — 10:16am
Bill,
Where can I see examples of Fred Smeijers' work?
hrant,
Arabic as a calligraphic or handwriting script is prone to this. For this reason, there are initial, medial, and final, forms to each letter.
If you look at Isamar David's fine book on Hebrew Letters, only a few of the typefaces presented contain "block" letters (each font is amazing), while the over-whelming majority of typefaces contain calligraphic forms. David was primarily a calligrapher first, and a master type designer second.
Sol Malkoff I believe worked with Lilly Wonker, who worked with Isamar David for years. Hence, we see David's influence upon Sol Malkoff.
Interestingly, we don't see this calligraphic influence by the works of Henri Friedlander, Eliyahu Koren, and Tzvi Narkis, the masters of modern Hebrew type design.
19 Dec 2012 — 5:53pm
Smeijers work is here and here.
19 Dec 2012 — 12:52pm
Bill,
I got this http://typophile.com/node/add/wiki?edit[title]=https: link for either one.
19 Dec 2012 — 5:55pm
That's weird. I'm using the regular typophile formatting for links, but the site is adding a connection to the wiki. Anyway, go to Fontshop and search on his name, or to Ourtype.com.
Note to Admins: what gives here?
19 Dec 2012 — 7:50pm
thanks.