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Francesco Griffo

15th century punchcutter who worked under Aldus Manutius at the Aldine Press in ...

Wiki - ken - 27 Jul 2005 - 6:24pm - 0 comments

Optical Scaling

... optically scaled. Before the late 19th century, a punchcutter needed to sculpt each individual size separately, an extremely ...

Wiki - raph - 19 Jul 2005 - 3:14am - 0 comments

Simon de Colines and Antoine Augereau fonts

... pp. 3–50. H. D. L. Vervliet, ‘Simon de Colines, punchcutter 1518–1546’, De gulden passer , Jaargang 81 (2003), pp. ... one reads De Colines was a type designer and punchcutter before he was a printer, and his achievements in the field of ...

Forum topic - docunagi - 3 Apr 2008 - 8:59am - 18 comments - 1 attachment

Serif

... to read better/more easily. I’m not sure if your punchcutter argument holds much water. One can’t help but think of the ... (probably depends on the individual philosophy of the punchcutter him/herself). Thinking about space as well as ink is the area ...

Forum topic - jackieki - 15 Nov 2008 - 4:31am - 62 comments - 0 attachments

Enfin Javal!

... is Christian Paput (the Imprimerie Nationale's punchcutter, who once graciously gave me a tour of that venerable ...

Forum topic - hrant - 19 Sep 2003 - 1:23pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments

Samples of Zeno?

... the absence of the serif compared to the h. I’m no punchcutter or I’m no punchcutter or typecaster, but I do know that: 1) The punch is way harder ...

Forum topic - raph - 7 May 2005 - 11:20pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

Greek Typeface / Bekkeriana

... digitized by Matthew Carter). Like Bodoni, Wilson was a punchcutter in the romantic tradition. Bekkeriana reflects ‘old Greek ...

Forum topic - piero101 - 16 Sep 2008 - 4:02am - 6 comments - 1 attachment

Origin of the "pot hook" italic

... for the piecemeal implementation that you mentioned? The punchcutter referencing a technique that comes from an engraver seems a ...

Forum topic - Nick Shinn - 4 Sep 2008 - 12:53pm - 9 comments - 0 attachments

Touchscreen technology/a new HP logo?

... I realise that ’type’ was cut originally by a punchcutter and not drawn at all. But would it be easier to draw type if you ...

Forum topic - Nick Job - 28 Aug 2008 - 6:34am - 3 comments - 0 attachments

"Palau de la Música Catalana" lovely serif face

... on Since Pradell was based on the work of a Catalan punchcutter that would be a logical and appropriate style, but to me the ...

Forum topic - andrewparker1979 - 30 Jul 2008 - 2:30am - 2 comments - 0 attachments