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Sloped roman and italic in the same family

... a family that has sloped romans and italics? (serif or sans) 2) If there are any (or if any were made) would you ... in favour of f [curved descender] proves that the calligraphic past of italic was still robust and capable of holding its ...

Forum topic - Chris Rugen - 2 Apr 2004 - 1:10pm - 54 comments - 0 attachments

FAQ Free Fonts

... single font; selection changes. Share by Typ03. Sans text and monospace. Crash Numbering by PsyOps. Machine numbers. ... dingbat fonts. Free Fonts by Koen Hachmang. Sans, calligraphic sans, techno, machine. Misprinted Type by Eduardo Recife ...

Wiki - Miguel Sousa - 17 Dec 2011 - 12:34am - 0 comments

Small release of several python scripts

... a lot of adjustment or not so much adjustment (geometric Sans? very simple. very calligraphic Roman? lots of adjustment). With my anchors placed, I run my ...

Forum topic - benkiel - 28 Jan 2006 - 4:20pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments

Typeface classification

... type categories. Especially when it comes to Humanists and sans serifs. How many categories do you believe there to be and what are ... Stahl, Rudolf Koch's also unjustly-neglected take on calligraphic, humanist sans, which is currently only available via Gerhard ...

Forum topic - marc - 14 Mar 2005 - 8:01am - 44 comments - 0 attachments

Faithful revivals from early printed pages

... of style is clearly apparent in most impressions -- the calligraphic ductus underlying the form -- which averaging obscures. ... the crit. For example, I don't have to like humanist sans fonts to be able to make Ricardo feel like I helped him improve Lisboa. In ...

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

Appropriate use of the ampersand

... purpose of flow. Interestingly, when a poem is set in a sans serif font, further simplifying the & to a +, a prospect that seems ... be used in running text. In any language, the ampersand's calligraphic qualities make it a compelling design element that can add visual ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 17 May 2005 - 8:57pm - 95 comments - 0 attachments

current Greek typographic trends?

... own script. i was doing some digging to reference the Gill Sans Hellenic, which was used for the 2004 Olympics in Athens and found a ... fonts and Thomas' new Hypatia Sans showing a lot more calligraphic flavor. which brings me to an actual question: do native Greeks ...

Forum topic - paul d hunt - 30 Apr 2007 - 10:24am - 63 comments - 0 attachments

Survey: justified or rag-right?

... Stephen I find rags a bit distractive, but certainly sans serif faces often look better on rags since they are much more sensitive ... a good script font of the writing, or finding a good calligraphic impersonator, to make fresh text the writer hadn't written. ...

Forum topic - Palatine - 22 Nov 2005 - 3:13pm - 188 comments - 0 attachments

Nazi Taint - Redirect from: Design >> Overused Typefaces

... designers are frustrated by the 1000 reincarnation of a sans serif design and try to made some fusions with blackletters for text ... alluded, medieval manuscripts were normally written with calligraphic hands that acted as the influence for the the first typefaces. ...

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

g's anyone?

... letters, right? The distinguishing characteristics of the sans letter, lacking serifs and usually being more or less monolineal, seem ... with a calligraphy nib, and blackletters are essentially calligraphic. Binocular g seems to be an Italian invention, and a typographic, ...

Forum topic - londontype - 31 Jan 2006 - 1:21pm - 75 comments - 0 attachments