... I thought I'd give myself a good grounding the classics, so I'm reading up on Tschichold's work and Geoffrey ... that Gerald's use of it is completely appropriate. A colophon, or even an entire fine-printed book, is neither normal, nor body ...

Forum topic - kaisa - 27 Sep 2004 - 2:31pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments

I’ve noticed that the first few words - sometimes one, other times 3 or more, are in small caps at the beginning of paragraphs in some of the better books I own. These words in ... ‹ logo critique logotype › Is there a colophon in any Is there a colophon in any of those books that might ...

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

I’m looking for everything/anything on the Emerson face (originally made in the 1930s). hhp ‹ Purchasing ... It seems to me that the article was in a copy of The Colophon, but I can’t be certain. Can’t swear that I will ever find ...

Forum topic - hrant - 21 Sep 2005 - 1:24pm - 21 comments - 0 attachments

... one is lame - Sorry this one is lame - where’s the fake box shot and press release? I’d give this 2 out of 10, ... he had already returned home to Mainz). Didn’t the colophon of one of his later books attribute its production to the magical art ...

Forum topic - david hamuel - 30 Mar 2006 - 8:11pm - 13 comments - 0 attachments

... friend. He is very into fonts and I would like to explore the possibility of getting a font book of some sort. I’m thinking more ... might be a good idea. Perhaps an issue of “The Colophon - a Book Collector’s Quarterly” from the 1930s. The ...

Forum topic - winglets747 - 2 Feb 2006 - 7:46am - 10 comments - 0 attachments

Please help! This is driving me up the wall. I have a dire need to know what typeface this is. I have been told ... doubt it. is it listed in the is it listed in the colophon? It looks like it is Parasine It looks like it is Parasine Plus ...

Forum topic - rusty - 25 Jan 2006 - 1:54pm - 6 comments - 1 attachment

... of examples [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ] and the typeface seems especially popular with Christian publishers. But I’m ... of his short stories. We spent some time writing a colophon, which described the typeface in both historical and cultural terms, ...

Forum topic - Peter G. - 2 Jan 2006 - 8:50pm - 27 comments - 0 attachments

The Party After You Left : Collected Cartoons by Roz Chast I really ... (given to me by my daughter) and thought others might like the humor of Roz Chaste as well. The colophon is an absolute scream for me at least :-) ChrisL ...

Forum topic - dezcom - 26 Dec 2005 - 2:42pm - 5 comments - 0 attachments

If you were to make a manifesto for the EULA , what would you include? I’m talking about the basic EULA, not the multi-server, multi-user, EULA. Do you think manifesto ... that the name of the font be mentioned somewhere, as in a colophon. My biggest concern is that users not distribute my fonts as ...

Forum topic - Miss Tiffany - 20 Aug 2005 - 8:28am - 148 comments - 0 attachments

Hi..I’m working on a project where I am imitating the theme of the kids books “I Spy.” Could someone help me ... that I threw away last week. That book probably had a colophon identifying the font but alas it too is in the dustbin. The face ...

Forum topic - turtle - 12 Oct 2005 - 2:51pm - 11 comments - 0 attachments