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Critiques of the OpenType format?

Hi all, This is my first message to this forum. I look forward to getting to know this community! OpenType fonts are ... don’t improve.” “Tech visionaries love to wax poetic about the networked home, straight out of the Jetsons. Maybe ...

Forum topic - ishamid - 16 Jan 2006 - 12:29pm - 110 comments - 0 attachments

What are you listening to?

... >What did you think of the new Fugazi album? I say don't fix what ain't broken. them's fightin' words! ... but poor guy, he's the raging passion, you gotta love him. btw, lately i've been listening to peter paul and mary's ...

Forum topic - Joe Pemberton - 5 Sep 2007 - 10:54pm - 456 comments - 0 attachments

Appropriate use of the ampersand

I’ve got a question for all you typographers: When is it, and when is it ... confusing to see it used with and/or. (&/or) i love seeing it instead of i love seeing it instead of etc.: like this -> ... towards an entirely different conversation, I think that typography, especially in the context of poetry, ’and’ vs ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 17 May 2005 - 9:57pm - 68 comments - 0 attachments

Correct use of small caps at the beginning of a paragraph

I’ve noticed that the first few words - sometimes one, other times 3 or ... though I didn’t see anything in them relating to Typography explicitly, may still contain useful information: The Economist ... Compugraphic in 1981 — Norbert, I would love to Norbert, I would love to have a PDF of that TUSCALOOSA to print ...

Forum topic - Palatine - 30 Dec 2005 - 2:10pm - 38 comments - 0 attachments

Type design DVD's/videos?

... Thanks for the reply. That DVD looks interesting, but I’m a bit apprehensive about ordering it, because the website states it ... in a short development of a time line, and with lots of love and care for subject. The work of Frutiger is treated with beautiful ...

Forum topic - eliason - 9 Mar 2006 - 10:40am - 13 comments - 0 attachments

New Kodak Logo

... “Kodak” for the past 70 years.” I think the new logo doesn’t say anything about the company. They left ... the high-end scanner maker a few years back? 80s? I love your “batteries” analogy with film Nick :-) ChrisL A ...

Forum topic - fsamuel - 10 Jan 2006 - 1:53am - 60 comments - 1 attachment

Need some ligature help/advice on Avant Garde

... Book Alternates doesn’t have an SA ligature, so I’m looking at this. So I tried this? or this? ... Thanks for sharing that. I Thanks for sharing that. I love it. Who is posturing? Gerald, it seems Morison lead a dual life as ...

Forum topic - pierattt - 16 Jan 2006 - 1:50pm - 54 comments - 0 attachments

The bouma of space craft

... the investigation into the human visual system, but I'd really like to see the spacing discussion continued. There's a ... Pangram reply: Others just don't always love the good boumas the wiz quickly fixed up. > How many times do ...

Forum topic - raph - 7 Apr 2005 - 2:39pm - 99 comments - 0 attachments

what is the stereotypical behavior and appearance of a designer?

I am doing research for marketing materials the be used for a new non-profit ... that’s the joke. I HATE indie rock BTW, and love metal. I do however, have cravings for fried chicken and watermelon, but ... with more personality *** www.characters.nl { Typography to express yourself } *** >The thing is, you obviously ...

Forum topic - alchion - 27 Jul 2005 - 2:30pm - 128 comments - 0 attachments

Henk Krijger / Raffia Initials

As ATypI members among you might know, I have a decades-long interest in the work of the Dutch 1950s graphic designer ... sparingly in the magazine I art-direct, Rap-Up. I’d love to ask you a few questions about the initials. My email is: ... seen letterpress Raffia once. Kay Amert, Director of the Typography Laboratory at the University of Iowa, brought the electrotype sample ...

Forum topic - enne_son - 15 Apr 2005 - 8:07am - 6 comments - 0 attachments