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Famous Quotes from Type Designers

... following passages are taken from an undated typewritten manuscript. It's very likely these were used as notes for one of Ed's speaking ...

Forum topic - Miss Tiffany - 5 Jul 2005 - 3:47pm - 142 comments - 0 attachments

Faithful revivals from early printed pages

... is indeed a lifeless parody of a well-done illuminated manuscript. Waaaaaiiiiiitaminute. Waaaaaiiiiiitaminute. You’re ... is indeed a lifeless parody of a well-done illuminated manuscript. But there are valuable things in your italic that no pen could ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 4 Apr 2006 - 9:58am - 179 comments - 0 attachments

Quality of a free font

... and so there is a certain pride when the laser-printed manuscript or conference paper is printed in a nice font with all of the proper ... get is due to this very situation. My point is, how a manuscript appears is is valuable only for the manuscript, not for typesetting. ...

Forum topic - Typical - 4 May 2007 - 11:36pm - 54 comments - 1 attachment

Not Obeying the 'Times' Requirement

... estimating extent (should they chose to publish a given manuscript), but also because they want and need to focus on the content ... about it when all there was was a typewriter to key the manuscript. I do feel that people in the visual fields (design,typography, ...

Forum topic - copperfont - 3 Mar 2007 - 7:09pm - 76 comments - 0 attachments

Nazi Taint - Redirect from: Design >> Overused Typefaces

... Gutenberg copied the format of the medieval manuscript (very quickly and very well) for his first Bibles. The ...

Forum topic - hrant - 12 Jun 2003 - 1:44pm - 96 comments - 0 attachments

Critiques of the OpenType format?

... to fit Western digital typography technology; forget the manuscript tradition''. The other says, ``No, let's create a technology that can bring the manuscript tradition into the age of digital typography just as it was brought ...

Forum topic - ishamid - 16 Jan 2006 - 11:29am - 111 comments - 0 attachments

The Mystery of Steile Futura (Topic)

... in unutterable despair gave in to, all the while saving a manuscript of the original, marked 'for posterity' ? Did Renner intend this ...

Forum topic - Stephen Coles - 11 Aug 2007 - 11:49am - 149 comments - 0 attachments

armenian text

... things at play there. One is that, because of the classic manuscript hand and the ensuing crushing, centuries-long dominance of Barz, ... things at play there. One is that, because of the classic manuscript hand and the ensuing crushing, centuries-long dominance of Barz, ...

Forum topic - Toby Macklin - 6 Apr 2006 - 6:43am - 31 comments - 0 attachments

Justification advice in InDesign.

... very much human nature rather than technical: Somehow in manuscript or in galley proofs, the clients don't notice it as much, even if ...

Forum topic - adamburton - 8 Feb 2007 - 6:47am - 30 comments - 0 attachments

Asa

... because I'm used to the proportions of older types and manuscript styles (I've noticed that these letters are getting narrower ...

Forum topic - seg - 28 Feb 2003 - 6:26am - 33 comments - 0 attachments