... and without the impetus of mechanical facilitation (the pantograph). * Which is what I call quotes that both face “in”. ...

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

... a single master drawing using expert manipulations of the pantograph. Mac McGrew has been extremely informative on this point, though I ...

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

... glyphs that the punchcutter will literally trace on the pantograph. They are not glyphs, in fact, but ideas for glyphs. And they are ... reliance on another person (like a punchcutter, or a pantograph operator) to “manufacture” the actual font, among some ...

Forum topic - Stephen Coles - 11 Aug 2007 - 12:49pm - 145 comments - 0 attachments

... or, to work with someone that understand the “Benton Pantograph”. I am a little busy or I would offer to help. I could ...

Forum topic - raph - 12 Mar 2006 - 11:33am - 14 comments - 0 attachments

... why I wanted to check. And considering the pantograph, this is not surprising at all. hhp Raph, I’m very happy ... It would be interesting to determine if prior to the pantograph the scaling might have been more quantal than standardly ... my ATF ignorance here? How does scaling pre and post pantograph manifest in the frequency domain? The last person hired at ATF ...

Forum topic - raph - 24 Feb 2006 - 11:48am - 15 comments - 0 attachments

... scaling, and they actually tried to get users of the pantograph to maintain that attribute. Unfortunately it was still easier ... one of the black marks against Goudy. 1) Goudy had a pantograph 1) Goudy had a pantograph that was customized to be simpler? ...

Forum topic - George Horton - 10 Feb 2006 - 11:51am - 36 comments - 1 attachment

... : Linn Boyd Benton Inventor of the Benton Pantograph, owner of the Benton Waldo Type Foundry of Milwaukee, and father ... He is best known for developing the Benton Pantograph , a pantographic cutting machine or engraver originally designed to ...

Wiki - gthompson - 18 Dec 2005 - 10:26am - 0 comments

... punchcutters working by eye. With Benton’s device, a pantograph followed the letter shapes as drawn, and transferred these directly ... word in this thread; but I’ll try later.} > pantograph ... removed the creative/craft influence of the human punchcutter ...

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

... this division of labor only occurred after LB Benton's pantograph (1880s)? Prior to that, letterpress type manufacture was in ... this division of labor only occurred after LB Benton's pantograph (1880s)? Prior to that, letterpress type manufacture was in ...

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

... and using lettering devices (Varigraph Headwriter, Leroy Pantograph) to create ads, I’ve always admired lettering artists who had ...

Forum topic - jkorenman - 30 Jul 2005 - 6:01am - 4 comments - 0 attachments