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... Sans serif forms originate in ancient Greek and Etruscan chiseled inscriptions , a style later adopted by the Romans, but sans serif type was so ...

Wiki - rosendorf - 19 Jan 2006 - 9:08am - 0 comments

Chapter 28 - Optima....

... of Optima...follow the proportions of the Trajan Column inscriptions..." w|m >curved stems I have seen >curved stems ... These bronze inscriptions with their hard-angled, chiseled type were noticed with interest by the publishing world. As a result, ...

Forum topic - Will Miller - 2 Sep 2005 - 9:13am - 34 comments - 0 attachments

MyFonts - In Your Face - September 2004

... sources. Dino tells us that Kartago is inspired by Roman inscriptions in ancient Carthage - we look at it as a delicate, playful ... on a tablet among the ruins. The Latin message was chiseled in a condensed, free-style manner, almost as if it were intended as ...

News - lorp - 6 Sep 2004 - 6:11am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Book on how to design type

... never word spaced in manuscript (as opposed to stone inscriptions)? How about cuneiform - was there ever word spacing? I ... yes that pen would work I'd use something even more chiseled. One that would give you a razor thin thin, and a really thick thick. ...

Forum topic - AngelFlonne - 2 Dec 2003 - 5:57am - 44 comments - 0 attachments

San-serif pairing with Trajan..

... case characters to be very close in proportion to the inscriptions chiseled on the Trajan column. Kyle, are you looking for a face for use ...

Forum topic - Hildebrant - 8 Aug 2003 - 2:16pm - 29 comments - 0 attachments