In 1980 the Greek government decreed that the polytonic alphabet would be replaced by the simplified monotonic ... typographic interpretations of the script at the time. The Didots’ contribution to the development of Greek typeface design is ...

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

Does anyone know of any typefaces from the Romantic period besides Bodoni? Or where I could go about finding such ... William! Expansion is different from proportion. See the following page from my ATypI 2003 Vancouver presentation on Henk ... “many of the romans of Bodoni, Vafflard and the Didots, Austin Scotch Roman, the romans of Marcellin-Legrand and ...

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

... a editorial designer and would really appreciate the opinion of the bright minds in the forum (everyone invited). I’m seeking for ideas ... - that’s not what I’m doing). BTW, the Didots were almost as inspired by Baskerville as Giambattista. hhp ...

Forum topic - Lucien Raven - 22 Oct 2005 - 4:49pm - 22 comments - 0 attachments

So, has anyone had a chance to test the new Bembo Book from Monotype? (I wish Fonts.com would provide PDF samples, but the UK site does have one.) If you have, can you say if the alternate ... and rewarding as the cleanest work of Baskerville or the Didots. It is just plain silly to criticize sloppy overinking when the results ...

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