... Cutting them out one by one is a bore. As you say, John, the degree As you say, John, the degree of mess varies: in the 1499 ... and because the distribution of extent of variation is bell-curve normal there really aren’t any samples which could plausibly ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 4 Apr 2006 - 10:58am - 163 comments - 0 attachments

... drawn with a descending hook, and the letter ƒ. John, you are right. But if John, you are right. But if the florin doesnt ... treatment and placement of the cent sign in Monotype Bell (though Linotype version illustrated) and Futura. Note that the Bell ...

Forum topic - andreas - 14 Jul 2007 - 1:25pm - 23 comments - 0 attachments

... is no such thing as visual language.” — John Hudson if you want to revisit that discussion, it is now here ... all heard them: the purple reminds them of Taco Bell, that font reminds them of Citibank, the square logo is just like Amex, ...

Forum topic - Sergej - 16 Jun 2005 - 12:35pm - 51 comments - 0 attachments

... Yes, like Bringhurst. Thanks! Bulmer, don’t know if Bell Bulmer, don’t know if Bell qualifies. Héctor While ... architectural parallel… That was a great parallel, John! (although I might have inserted another building in lieu of Durham…) ...

Forum topic - vinylcut - 9 Nov 2005 - 3:57pm - 76 comments - 0 attachments

... say about this. It’s from a new album put out by John Mayer and I love the design. I know that he mentioned at one time who the ... define the “valley” at small sizes. The Bell Centennial typeface was designed by Matthew Carter for Bell telephone ...

Forum topic - Joshua - 22 Nov 2005 - 6:09pm - 9 comments - 1 attachment

... be found on various specimen books e.g. Alexander Wilson, John Bell, Edmund Fry and Alexander Thibaudeau. One of the best italics was ...

Forum topic - andreas - 12 Nov 2005 - 8:24am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

... - which is a shame. It would never have happened under John Major’s leadership (I moved in 1997). They also have three Starbucks ... feet—he did not go seriftitiously:-) ChrisL John Major’s leadership he John Major’s leadership he might have had ... ready for kids to come to the door, and when the bell rang with the first trick-or-treater, I opened the door eagerly. ...

Forum topic - Dan Weaver - 12 Oct 2005 - 5:50am - 33 comments - 0 attachments

... edition of Paradise Lost. Thanks, John! I'll have to take a good look at these, as they seem quite different ... typeface, the more it appears to be a matter of team work. Bell supervised his punchcutter Richard Austin, the Didots supervised their ...

Forum topic - speter - 12 Apr 2005 - 8:38am - 44 comments - 0 attachments

... its about communicating, well. Time for a repeat of John Time for a repeat of John Hudson’s “Borgesian” list, ... Frutiger Minion Trade Gothic Franklin Gothic Bell Gothic Unibody Rotis (well, I’ve seen it all over, but ...

Forum topic - willdean - 17 Aug 2005 - 11:25am - 39 comments - 0 attachments

... on Typophile. As do Thomas Phinney, Mark Simonson, and John Hudson… in addition to quite a few other professional type designers. In ... and some of them not so brilliant. That’s the bell curve for you. The issue is “redistribution,” as you put ...

Forum topic - parker - 17 Jun 2005 - 8:38pm - 138 comments - 0 attachments