Centaur fans
Hi Centaur lovers,
I did a scan from a wonderful book by the Stamperia Valdonega
that uses the Valdonega Aesthetic Line Centaur (from Monotype cast new digitally translated)
Sadly the scan cannot show the real feeling, yet, when holding the book in hand it has the
analog printed feeling.
So Centaur lives on quite near to how it once was, I find.
Stefan
3.Apr.2008 9.36am
Hmm. Maybe with extra large images it is nicer to just add them as links. These are huginormous. ;^)
3.Apr.2008 10.11am
ups,
sorry. I thought it would be possible to drag them onto the desktop from there..
It isn’t :-(
How does the link work? Link to where? (when I am no longer online)
Stefan
3.Apr.2008 10.13am
No, it is possible to drag them..
Do you love Centaur enough? Just joking ;-)))
Sorry again
3.Apr.2008 10.14am
Right under where you type in your comment, there’s a blue link that says “insert image.” It will upload it to typophile.
3.Apr.2008 10.15am
Hi chipman!
Thanks. I did that.
Salute
Stefan
3.Apr.2008 12.12pm
I was able to drag the gif to my desktop: Dante Alighiery: PURGATORIO - Edizione Privata. Belissimo. Cheers :)
5.Apr.2008 2.09am
Hi Stefan — that is a beautiful digitalization (love those long descenders!). Ah! To be printed by the V.S.!
7.Apr.2008 12.32am
Hi Eluard!
Thanks that you appreciate it!
We also used a particular method to handle beziérs to make the letters look more analog in feeling. To avoid also the contrast between staight and curved lines, to make junctions from straight lines to serifs more like they were in hotmetal. And in the end a more detailed design (f.e. serifs ecc.)
ciao
Stefan
PS. The Stamperia Valdonega has one of the highest standards in printing.
They also did extraordinary 7-colours printing on the illustrations of this book.
(besides black ink is too grey in the scan, but I did that to get the letter forms clearer)