... because I found LTC Metropolitan through this site, bought the font and love it, and want to make sure a draft colophon I put together ... digitization by Gerald Giampa of the celebrated font “Centaur” drawn by Bruce Rogers in 1914. “Centaur” was in turn a ...

Forum topic - kasyapa - 1 Oct 2008 - 8:08pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Typophiles, I ask you for some advice. Over the past two years or so, I’ve been working on a new digitization of the Centaur types of Bruce Rogers . I’ve publicly posted images of the ...

Forum topic - raph - 18 Jun 2007 - 1:07pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

... sorry for poor use of English. I am researching about Centaur, and I can’t find an answer about why digital Centaur is so thin ... guess because they I’d guess because they based the outline, the design, on the metal and not the print. Also I’d guess ...

Forum topic - Tosche - 17 Dec 2007 - 1:21pm - 18 comments - 0 attachments

Hi Centaur fans, I just got my copy of "An Account of the Making of the Oxford Lectern Bible", and am very much enjoying it. ... a lot Raph and Zara these are the most gorgeous printed types I have ever seen, i'm really impressed. Hrant: that sounds ...

Forum topic - raph - 8 Sep 2004 - 2:26pm - 21 comments - 0 attachments

Hi Centaur Fans! Is anyone still interested in Centaur faces? I am a new member of typophile. The reason for me to finally enter was the discussion of Centaur typeface. Yet, ... was more beautiful than its original for I found the types in Aldus always a little stiffy (the right word? I doubt so) Thank ...

Forum topic - Stefan Seifert - 17 Jun 2007 - 5:01am - 33 comments - 0 attachments

... letterpress. I’m looking for more information on the digitizations of originally metal type. I’m concerned with the fact ... I see from previous forum posts that people think Centaur was digitized from drawings and thus looks weak but this means it would ...

Forum topic - Shrdlu - 22 Nov 2008 - 4:27pm - 7 comments - 0 attachments

... your ideas on suitable fonts for a project to do with the history of art and architecture that is set in the 15th-century Rome but ... to satisfy both typophiles and Joe the plumber. Maybe Centaur. This is Bruce Maybe Centaur. This is Bruce Rogers’ redesign ...

Forum topic - Anna Waldon - 15 Oct 2008 - 5:41am - 24 comments - 0 attachments

... Tee Design // UPDATE We’ve announced the winner . Stay alert for pre-ordering information. // DESIGN THE 2008 ... my design would win anyway. But the suggestion to draw the centaur is still open ... I am a geek for type. I am a geek for type. ...

Page - Joe Pemberton - 8 Jul 2008 - 12:31pm - 397 comments

New project I’m working on... with the good help of Miss TIff and Jimmy G. All good typographic design meeting the ... Bookman Bureau Grotesque Californian Caslon Centaur Century Old Style Cezanne Clarendon Commercial Script Cooper ...

Blog entry - tamye - 8 Nov 2008 - 7:54am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

Is there good data on what the most frequently chosen type faces are for novels, histories, lit, humor ... I was distinguishing between them] 10 Fournier 10 Centaur This was probably 2002 or 2003. If I were to do this exercise ... hop down to your local bookseller and note all the text types, then do some kind of scoring based on list rankings (as a way of ...

Forum topic - Eben Sorkin - 19 Oct 2008 - 9:11am - 14 comments - 0 attachments