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I meant before standardised

robtovey — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 16:04:14 -0700

I meant before standardised A sizes. Sorry I didn’t make that clear. DIN, for example, is the polar opposite of what I’m looking for. Caslon, being English (the calender only relates to England), predating 20th century modernism and having surely been used for many science texts is probably appropriate enough, but its really not very inspired. I was hoping someone might have a brilliant insight.

Also, speaking of French

oprion — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:31:44 -0700

Also, speaking of French revolution, I’d love to have one of those decimal clocks!

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I assume he means a face

oprion — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 11:23:04 -0700

I assume he means a face that was cut before the spread of the metric system. So something prior to 1791.
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What do you mean by

kentlew — Fri, 6 Jun 2008 05:58:52 -0700

What do you mean by “pre-metric”?

An old science typeface

robtovey — Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:29:14 -0700

I’m designing a calender based on daylight hours. A measuring scale, based on picas, is used for the grid. I’m looking for a face used for scientific annotations, which is pre-metric, and English. I’d appreciate any suggestions? Thanks!