Typophile - (x) Beautiful Didone on Klas Ernflo rejected book covers - ITC Didi {Ben P} - Comments

Another alternative: Moderno

Stephen Coles — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:50:00 -0700

Another alternative: Moderno

> letting it die out of

Stephen Coles — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:24:12 -0700

> letting it die out of respect for the original designer

I’m all for keeping type alive, but distributing work without acknowledging royalties is no way to respect the designer.

Well, someone (Imageclub)

Jan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:56:00 -0700

Well, someone (Imageclub) owns the rights. Still a legal matter.

No Florian, I’m not trying

pennANDink — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 07:43:28 -0700

No Florian, I’m not trying to be funny. Since you can’t buy it or get it ANYWHERE other than a “piracy forum” I’d think it’d be okay since the survival of such a great font would be more important to me than simply letting it die out of respect for the original designer, OR simply because like many people have pointed out, it’s simply been overlooked. In any case . . . I’ll adhere to the posting guidelines and no longer seek to share this font with anyone.

I thought It was a hard

robbiefa — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 02:46:11 -0700

I thought It was a hard typeface to find or something... I thought it was never digitised. I just wanted information... didn’t mean I wanted to download it... Sorry for causing any confusion by saying where?

Are you trying to be funny,

Florian Hardwig — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:11:45 -0700

Are you trying to be funny, Penn? :-{
You just have been told via a moderator that sharing pirated fonts (or information where to find them) is not okay on Typophile.

Such behavior is not looked upon kindly by those of us who make a living designing type or those of us who support the work of talented type designers. — from the Forum Posting Guidelines

“contact” me if you

pennANDink — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 15:22:31 -0700

“contact” me if you would like to know where to find it.

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pennANDink — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:48:18 -0700

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where?

robbiefa — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:49:06 -0700

where?

if anyone’s still looking

pennANDink — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:45:26 -0700

if anyone’s still looking for ITC Didi i know where you can find it.

What a mess ! thanks all +

john good — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:41:27 -0700

What a mess !

thanks all

Well, it would be nice for

SuperUltraFabulous — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:39:43 -0700

Well, it would be nice for someone to revisit Didi.

Thanks Grant for the info. I remember I saw Craw in an ImageClub catalog when I was a kid and thought it was the coolest thing in the world. Thank goodness that one survived.

Mikey :0)

A clarification: Didoni was

Mark Simonson — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:06:58 -0700

A clarification: Didoni was a Phil Martin face very similar to Pistilli Roman, but with a lot of swash alternates (ironically missing from the digital version). ITC Didi and Didoni are only generally similar.

Thanks for the annual Image

Stephen Coles — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:46:24 -0700

Thanks for the annual Image Club insider info update, Grant.

It’s certainly not the same, but Paratype’s Didona is another high contrast didone alt. For more, see this list.

Image Club Graphics

Grant Hutchinson — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:59:23 -0700

Image Club Graphics digitized a version of ITC Didi from large format Velox masters back in 1989. When Image Club was part of Adobe Systems (c. 1998), several hundred typeafces (including our ITC Didi) were discontinued. It was determined that the quality of the outlines and metrics in those faces were simply not up to our upgraded technical and aesthetic standards at the time. Due to a lack of resources, ITC Didi was never redigitized.

If your are able to locate an older copy of one of Image Club’s Letterpress CDs, ITC Didi will be part of it. Unfortunately, my stash of those old discs has long since been exhausted.

(x) Beautiful Didone on Klas Ernflo rejected book covers - ITC Didi {Ben P}

john good — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:47:49 -0700

Hello,

Can someone please identify this beautiful font ?

more views at http://www.klasherbert.com/index.php?/rejected-book-covers/

Cheers