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- HTF Didot vs. Linotype Didot
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... in which the first line of a body of text was set in roman capitals - possibly implying that the designer was following period practice in ... type - a combination of Fournier text and ITC Franklin Gothic headings. Personally, I would prefer to read more books in Fournier and ...
Forum topic - Mark Foster - 6 Apr 2005 - 1:05pm - 21 comments - 0 attachments
- Faithful revivals from early printed pages
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... I first posted real results from this method: Christian Gothic . In that thread, you'll find a bunch of sample images, a heated ... Bembo, and that should explain the difference in how the capitals look. HRANT “Basically I guess I HRANT "Basically I guess ...
Forum topic - George Horton - 4 Apr 2006 - 9:58am - 179 comments - 0 attachments
- OpenType smallcaps in a separate font?
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... but without lowercase. This includes Chevalier , Bank Gothic or Adobe’s own Sava Pro and Trajan Pro . Sava Pro has no ... even wider, heavier and have longer serifs than the 9pt capitals. The small caps compensation is different (generally stronger) ...
Forum topic - twardoch - 21 Mar 2007 - 6:21pm - 47 comments - 0 attachments
- Nazi Taint - Redirect from: Design >> Overused Typefaces
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... the influence for the the first typefaces. The "gothic" style of lettering (i.e., texturas) probably developed in ... quite a few round elements, depending. Especially in the capitals, but also sometimes in y's or decorative elements or the round-r that ...
Forum topic - hrant - 12 Jun 2003 - 1:44pm - 96 comments - 0 attachments
- Papyrus need to be put back in the tomb for a few decades.
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... feel the same way about i feel the same way about Bank Gothic. i think it's a great face with a good history, but is so overused, it ... Our entire upper case alphabet is based off of the Roman Capitals, with the Trajan Capital's lettering being amongst the most beautiful. ...
Forum topic - alchion - 2 Jan 2006 - 4:43pm - 73 comments - 1 attachment
- Paul Renner and Futura: The Effects of Culture, Technology, and Social Continuity On the Design of Type for Printing
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... The "ball and post" r is ambiguous: where you see Gothic, I see Bodoni. In any case, Renner's stated aim with r, as well as with ... in Futura for Jan Tschichold, i.e. the proportions of the capitals--and that was too close to the Nazi taste. (Although he did say that ...
Forum topic - Charles Leonard - 23 Feb 2006 - 4:57pm - 55 comments - 0 attachments
- The best fonts you can't have...
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... used on all Volvo controls and switches. Its like Handel Gothic only more swedish-er. Bloomindales... This swanky ... sense. I might try to do this without looking at the Unica Capitals and see where they end up. (Overlay was used for the lowercase). ...
Forum topic - SuperUltraFabulous - 24 May 2006 - 2:30pm - 97 comments - 0 attachments
- What are your pet peeves about common typefaces?
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... peeve: the silly My pet peeve: the silly "I" in Bell Gothic. It's a serif "I" in an (otherwise great) sans serif typeface. Oh, ... Does anyone have comments about the height of accents over capitals? It's little things such as have been mentioned here, which are ...
Forum topic - mwebert - 6 Sep 2006 - 3:11pm - 129 comments - 0 attachments
- CopperHATE
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... true, this thread was inspired by my hate for Copperplate Gothic, and how people think it looks great on everything. Does anyone else ... them open to mis-use. They are set up as two sizes of capitals, with the same baseline. (I'm not sure whether we should properly call ...
Forum topic - track and kern - 6 Jun 2006 - 9:05pm - 57 comments - 0 attachments
- How do you develop hand lettering aesthetics?
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... It covers Bodoni lettering, Caslon lettering, scripts and gothic lettering. a valuable resource. “Any suggestions for "Any ... the dates when I replied earlier. No worries — the capitals No worries -- the capitals were not to shout at you, Jelmar. ...
Forum topic - j_polo9 - 2 Jul 2006 - 8:19pm - 181 comments - 0 attachments
