... that this depends on I think that this depends on the language. German might have actual rule forbiding it running text, I think. ... for identifying the difference between fonts! My favourite type references always include the numerals and the ampersand, because often ... used to at the time. The article further argued that culture changes & that really people could be used to using ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 17 May 2005 - 9:57pm - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... aesthetics, dress code (or lack there of), body language, interaction, sleep patterns, attitude toward life, politics, clients, ... stereotype is well known to practically all members of the culture in which the stereotyped group lives, and because of that, and all the ...

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

... of the gay “community”. And the rest of Western culture is how exactly? hhp You misunderstand me - You misunderstand ... underestimating the inherent ambiguity in any natural language. Not always, but often enough the content can have multiple ...

Forum topic - lore - 15 Aug 2007 - 5:26pm - 118 comments - 0 attachments

... (with Mr Hudson et al) on the ClearType fonts — the language support of the project, to me at least, overshadows the technological ... the design of this typeface with an eye on history and culture, but also philosophically as a problem in pure design. At its most ...

Forum topic - Nick Shinn - 14 Jul 2007 - 1:57pm - 25 comments - 0 attachments

... the Mexican government. And I love much of the Mexican culture and music. I probably have the biggest collection of trios, rondallas, ... my way or the highway, but because English is the official language in use in this country right now and in order to advance your ...

Forum topic - rs_donsata - 1 May 2006 - 10:57am - 67 comments - 0 attachments

... thisterm as a result of an early interest in how western culture has become bombarded with information and how as a result of this it ... and information excess. They are, • Punctuation / language changes • From page to screen (reading on screen vs. paper) • ...

Forum topic - Ispybri - 28 Mar 2006 - 4:58am - 14 comments - 0 attachments

... Footwear is actually an incredibly strong parallel to type (much more so than something like architecture). Comfortable shoes are ... problem. The techno-iceburg that we, as a reading culture, have multiple Titanic’d into — is resolution. ... of scripts (or more accurately script+language): http://www.themicrofoundry.com/ss_rome1.html (far right image) ...

Forum topic - enne_son - 11 Aug 2005 - 6:46am - 76 comments - 0 attachments

... gathered from ’the wake’ Half of the language is completely made up. As if the book is supposed to be somewhere ... there, find some type that represents the era or old Irish culture would be my suggestion. Cheers! Hi Chris and Jselig, THANK ...

Forum topic - thomasng - 8 Apr 2006 - 3:58pm - 6 comments - 0 attachments

... would like to take students to Germany (since I speak the language and know something about the country), but obviously Belgium and the ... of my own understanding of the history and political culture of places like China, Korea, Japan. The story of Korean script, or the ...

Forum topic - Maurice Meilleur - 14 Mar 2006 - 6:04am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... monograph and I had to translate some quotes from english-language books that dealt with this subject. I literally translated ... The genre of the movies I’m thinking of is pop culture. The calligraphic influence on Gill Sans italic, yeah, that’s ...

Forum topic - londontype - 31 Jan 2006 - 2:21pm - 59 comments - 0 attachments