... So he made the choice to make the two 'a's fit the 9 units (which yields a noticeably wide roman 'a') instead of ... measurements by the ratio of the type size to your base 48 point. That is, I took the 6-point alphabet and multiplied by 8, so ...

Forum topic - gerald_giampa - 27 Aug 2003 - 7:03am - 101 comments - 0 attachments

... Type Foundry) 20th Century (Monotype) Base (Emigre) Agency (Font Bureau) Simian (House ... 5. Clarendon 6. Rockwell 7. Gotham 8. Avenir Next 9. DIN 10. Perpetua 11. Bembo 12. Trade Gothic 13. Interstate 14. ...

Forum topic - andywall - 9 Jun 2003 - 9:29am - 56 comments - 0 attachments

... the circular pen is 2 mils. Then the resulting strokes are 9 and 14 mils, a contrast of approximately 1.5:1. 2. The width increases, ... to text size suggests it might.) Hrant: on what do you base your preference for the o.k. version? There is no rhythm in text ...

Forum topic - raph - 7 Apr 2005 - 2:39pm - 99 comments - 0 attachments

... am I talking about? Go to http://www.lucasfonts.com/ and follow the links to 'font families' & 'the sans' & ... as possible eg 1.1 (1)is better than 1.4 & 1.9 (2) is better than 1.5. - Provide a whole pixel em unit number ... hypothetically 'De Groot style' curve & 1 as a base with every 2nd number sampled starting with 1 are ...

Forum topic - Eben Sorkin - 22 Jan 2004 - 6:50pm - 27 comments - 0 attachments

... justified type -- usually just a couple of paragraphs of 9/12 or so, in a measure that can vary between 12 and 30 picas (OK, 2 to 5 ... for designs that are so close (but it does assume the base list is solid). hhp Kerning is a complex animal - best ...

Forum topic - alyce - 9 May 2007 - 12:17pm - 74 comments - 0 attachments

Base from Emigre. Base Nine SCB and Base Twelve Serif SCB . Thanks! (Type ID ...

Forum topic - kvdl - 27 Apr 2004 - 9:17am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

... spaces: Em(18 unit), 12 unit, 10 unit, nut (9 unit), 8 unit, 6 unit and five unit. By a magical manouevre by the ... But it has to be based on something . And why not base it on the [nominally] optimal value for non-justified text? That said, it ...

Forum topic - whoisdan - 5 Mar 2004 - 1:41pm - 51 comments - 0 attachments

Day 09 {9 entries} 09.001 through 09.009 ... 9.009 guns and knives....that's what separates the good type sites from the great ... and could achieve an effect as shown. We use a base plate of white so the fabric color isn't a factor. Because the ...

Forum topic - Jared Benson - 32 comments - 0 attachments

... Calibri72point-68389.unk*attachment_icon.gif*image/bmp*433.9*Calibri+spacing+*Calibri72point%2ebmp --> Calibri spacing ... CT types "true to the medium"? The virtue of Base and Verdana is that their design was informed by the constraints of the ...

Forum topic - John Hudson - 29 Mar 2005 - 2:43am - 64 comments - 0 attachments

... grab) I would probably need to increase the width from 9 to 11, or 12. hhp And here's a quick shot at a 16: ... displays will reach 200 dpi". On what grounds do you base this? We're deluded if we think all computer-related technologies ...

Forum topic - twardoch - 17 Nov 2004 - 7:19am - 88 comments - 0 attachments