[thelist] Font Sizes: Online Picture Examples of Points, Pixels, Picas.. ?

Charles Wilson me at charlesw.com
Wed Apr 25 16:26:02 CDT 2001


Dont' forget http://www.linesandsplines.com  .Lots of good type stuff there,
bummer thing is that there isn't a million screenshot examples for us
typeographer-wanna-bes.

"What does DIN Middleshrift look like again?  How was it supposed to be a
OCR re-design?"  etc.

-charles

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>From: Freda Lockert <fredalockert at clara.co.uk>
>To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>Subject: RE: [thelist] Font Sizes: Online Picture Examples of Points, Pixels,
Picas.. ?
>Date: Wed, Apr 25, 2001, 12:21 PM
>

>>hey deke, i've been looking for historical/etymological (?) info on fonts
>>off-and-on for quite a while. where'd you come up with all this detail? i'd
>>love to get my hands on a good thick book of the entire history of
> everything known about typefaces.
>
> It will fill much more than 1 good thick book! The history of
> typefaces can't be separated from their cultural and historical
> background, they're as representative of their times as any art form
> can be.
>
> The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst; Hartley &
> Marks ISBN 0-88179-1332-6,  would be a good place to start; it
> necessarily covers more than just fonts, is an acknowledged 'bible'
> on the subject and is written with wit and an easy style.
>
> Freda
>
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