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The perplexing upper case of the Monotype 'Porson' Greek

... of height between the upper and lower case of the Monotype ‘Porson’ makes it difficult to find an utterly pleasing latin ... units x-height = 1,00 units 1955 (a metal type for machine composition) Cap Height = 1,86 x-height = 1,00 1978 (a type for ...

Forum topic - Hyperboreus - 22 Sep 2008 - 2:32pm - 7 comments - 1 attachment

bloody rip off artists!

... is not a “ripoff”, but rather a forgery by the Monotype method, because, while most lowercase and uppercase letters and most ... decades many technological innovations in the printing machine industry and even in the paper making and in the book binding industry, ...

Forum topic - muzzer - 16 Aug 2007 - 7:33pm - 172 comments - 0 attachments

Uppercase germandbls is coming to Unicode

... is really going to start doing this? Adobe? Microsoft? Monotype? Linotype? FontFont?), it requires a bit of code, because when the ... it look in something really bold or geometric like Soft Machine? :-0 I think as designers, we I think as designers, we work ...

Forum topic - twardoch - 9 May 2007 - 7:06pm - 246 comments - 0 attachments

Hebrew Type Designs

... original — Berthold Line#2: Linotype linecasting machine Line#3: Monotype Line#4: AM International Line#5: Linotron 202 Line#6: Autologic ...

Forum topic - gohebrew - 12 Sep 2008 - 4:54am - 303 comments - 0 attachments

Numbering Machine font

... It was likely custom cut for that particular numbering machine. While not visually the same, but in the same theme, Psy/Ops as a ... closest I could Nice! The closest I could find were Monotype Modern and Century Condensed – but they’re not really a ...

Forum topic - SF - 4 Feb 2008 - 11:41am - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Simplified Arabic

... 1990 Compugraphic Corporation. Typeface Portions (C) The Monotype Corporation plc. Data Portions (C) The Monotype Corporation plc./Type ... of fitting the Arabic script onto a Linotype linecasting machine for setting type for rotary printing, and of maximizing keying speeds ...

Forum topic - H_Afash - 6 Jun 2008 - 5:26am - 18 comments - 0 attachments

The dire state of book typography

... then send it to the printer. Without his large expensive machine, the compositor becomes a software “operator”; that means ... title page and the copyright page, which are set in Monotype Garamond. That’s a lot of type mixing for a collection of 5 ...

Forum topic - Nick Shinn - 16 May 2008 - 9:20am - 123 comments - 0 attachments

The Intertype Machine

Hi, I am currently researching the Monotype and Linotype typesetting machines. I came across an ’Intertype ... somehow related. Was Intertype a subsidiary of either Monotype or Linotype? If not did it have much commercial success, and what were the reasons for introducing this new machine when Linotype and Monotype were already so dominant? Did it offer any ...

Forum topic - pbaber - 20 Sep 2007 - 8:40pm - 6 comments - 0 attachments

Graphic and typography design movements and designers

... on the light table, from repro run off a typesetting machine & lots of work with a stat camera & darkroom time. * * * ... Trinite weren’t right. ITC because the photocomp Monotype Baskerville was just too light. * * * It isn’t quite ...

Forum topic - Bites of Life - 13 Oct 2008 - 3:22pm - 33 comments - 0 attachments

Font Manager Recommendations for OSX Leopard?

... and invalidated the majority of competitor Bitstream and Monotype’s fonts. That this was a desperate political move to encourage ... is screw up my fonts folder, corrupt fonts and crash my machine. Christian, I agree that Christian, I agree that with ...

Forum topic - greyjay - 29 Sep 2008 - 12:28pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments