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(x) old photocomposition paste-up - Univers {Lex}

... and over again. It´s a kind of It´s a kind of photocomposition paste-up. I think It´s 25 years old To me it just looks ...

Forum topic - zaidenomorcia - 25 Jul 2005 - 9:30am - 7 comments - 1 attachment

THAI FONTS - Advice needed

... to OpenType format and re-released. In the digital photocomposition days of about two decades past, these fonts were used by all ...

Forum topic - Giovanni Jubert - 16 Jul 2008 - 11:27am - 8 comments - 0 attachments

Some questions about "first" uses

... Univers was also released simultaneously for metal and photocomposition and available for license to anyone, another reason it was a ...

Forum topic - armin - 12 Jun 2008 - 11:44am - 13 comments - 0 attachments

Who can give a scholarly definition of "type size"?

... a brass or copper was in handset type. ChrisL In photocomposition, the In photocomposition, the “minimum interline kp spacing” (k set ...

Forum topic - Uli - 29 Mar 2008 - 2:44am - 73 comments - 0 attachments

Scotch Romans in books

... and 70s. Remember, this was fairly early days for using photocomposition for books, and both New Caledonia and Century Expanded printed ...

Forum topic - jesper - 11 May 2008 - 9:47am - 14 comments - 0 attachments

Examples of Serifa?

... features the original set-width system of the original photocomposition Serifa based on the original Monotype set-width system: ... We’re talking about filmset type, correct? Linotype photocomposition also made use of the old Monotype-invented ...

Forum topic - rosem - 4 Mar 2007 - 8:08am - 27 comments - 0 attachments

Phototype italics?

... are you referring to? The Phototypositor & clones? The photocomposition machines from Linotype (like the VIP) & the other manufacturers? I used a photocomposition machine that employed a rotating disk negative system with a ...

Forum topic - James Puckett - 25 Dec 2007 - 9:13am - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Optical Scaling