I would also like to know how much has changed. Good question, Noah.

The main copy is still set in Minion (that is, the newly expanded version of Minion Pro), but the display face has changed. I'm not sure what it is.

As for content, there is a significant amount of new stuff. In addition to some new fonts discussed in Chapter 11 ("Prowling the Specimen Books"), Appendix A (The Working Alphabet) is massively expanded with detailed listings of a wide range of basic and inflected character sets, including analphabetics (Latin, Greek, Russian/Cyrillic, etc.). This latter addition is likely the result of Bringhurst

Good Alcuin stuff here:
http://www.daidala.com/19aug2003.html

I think it's too chirographic for a book about typography.
A little bit of respect for the integrity of the craft, come on.

hhp

I had my tongue in my cheek when I made the comment about being impatient about the thread not moving. To use a smilie or not to use a smilie...it's really hard to tell sometimes.

Yves, I've often gotten the feeling that you're overworked moderating
this forum in addition to "real life". Who wouldn't be. You do a splendid
job.

Are there not, say, three other trustworthy stalwarts (Mark, Tiffany,
Idunno, for example ... ?) who might serve as moderators so that
you'd be able to relieve each other in quarterly intervals? Three
months as moderator, then nine months off! Even one six-month
alternate would provide a sanity reprieve.

Anyway ... thank you for your labors and time.

I think it would've looked better in Thierry Puyfoulhoux' (what a name!)
Cicero.

thread moved for Mark and because Yves didn't do it. ;)

On a serious note everyone -- it's not like I'm complaining or anything,
but moderating this Board is a lot of work, and I have to do it all by
myself. Traffic has increased dramatically over the last year, year and
a half, and if I don't keep up with it on a daily basis I need a couple of
hours of solid work to catch up. If you don't believe me, check the list
and count the number of new threads we have per day.

In fact this extracurricular activity has become a money loser for
my freelance work. I'm doing this on a voluntary basis, just like the
moderators on the other boards (thank you Tiff for moving this
baby over here). I have to police the board -- which is quite a bit
of work as a lot of non-regulars and newbies come here --, help with
identifications, and most of all keep the place clean. As my fellow
moderators can attest, the Administration side of things is glacially
slow, and I have to open, check, tag and (x) every - single - thread.
Why do you think you'll almost never "see" me in General Discussions
or the Critiques sections? No time left to contribute, plain and simple.
My lovely wife once asked me to time my activities on this Board
but I simply don't dare to do it, silly as it may sound.

So kidding aside, please be gentle and cut me some slack. Without
false modesty, I think I'm not doing such a bad job.

Now move along -- there's nothing to be seen here.

Tiff and Mark, you are two people I dearly love for who they are and
what they do for Typophile, so please don't misunderstand this as
a stab at you guys personally. I did see the wink.

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Yves, I've often gotten the feeling that you're overworked moderating
this forum in addition to "real life".

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Oops, I hope it's not because I come across as a grumpy old fart!

Dunno about the rotating team -- there are talks due for Typophile's
Big Fifth, so I'll speak with Jared'n'Joseph about that.