Comments on: History of typography: Old Style http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/ Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: A Brief History of Type—Part 5 | i love typography, the typography bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-8954 A Brief History of Type—Part 5 | i love typography, the typography blog Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:06:01 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-8954 [...] Type History 2: Old Style [...] […] Type History 2: Old Style […]

]]> By: A Brief History of Type | i love typography, the typography bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-7802 A Brief History of Type | i love typography, the typography blog Fri, 30 May 2008 00:21:54 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-7802 [...] Type Terms 2: Old Style [...] […] Type Terms 2: Old Style […]

]]> By: eXtreme Type Terminology | i love typography, the typography bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-6038 eXtreme Type Terminology | i love typography, the typography blog Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:08:24 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-6038 [...] The humanist, or Venetian typefaces followed, a style that more closely resembled handwriting. Old style, old face, or garalde type. Garalde, a term rarely used now, is a mash-up of the names Garamond and [...] […] The humanist, or Venetian typefaces followed, a style that more closely resembled handwriting. Old style, old face, or garalde type. Garalde, a term rarely used now, is a mash-up of the names Garamond and […]

]]> By: Tipográfiai kiefejezésmód - Nyomdászati összefoglaló « Zooley’s Webloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-4115 Tipográfiai kiefejezésmód - Nyomdászati összefoglaló « Zooley’s Weblog Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:50:58 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-4115 [...] Type Terminology: HumanistPart2: Type Terminology: Old StylePart3: Type Terms: Transitional Type Explore posts in the same categories: Fonts, design, [...] […] Type Terminology: HumanistPart2: Type Terminology: Old StylePart3: Type Terms: Transitional Type Explore posts in the same categories: Fonts, design, […]

]]> By: Terminologia de Tipos: Humanista | i love typography, the typography bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-3980 Terminologia de Tipos: Humanista | i love typography, the typography blog Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:07:00 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-3980 [...] Part 2: Type Terminology — Old Style Translated by Miguel Batista. Be sure to share the love: Discuss, Comment or [...] […] Part 2: Type Terminology — Old Style Translated by Miguel Batista. Be sure to share the love: Discuss, Comment or […]

]]> By: Sunday Type: Potato Type | i love typography, the typography bloghttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-3884 Sunday Type: Potato Type | i love typography, the typography blog Sun, 13 Jan 2008 23:20:09 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-3884 [...] back to early-eighteenth century France to take a closer look at the types that followed the Old Style forms like Garamond. We also have some more great interviews [...] […] back to early-eighteenth century France to take a closer look at the types that followed the Old Style forms like Garamond. We also have some more great interviews […]

]]> By: Klaashttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2351 Klaas Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:30:47 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2351 A book mentioned above, 'Schriften erkennen' by Hans Peter Willberg, about recognizing typefaces and classification, is readily available (German language) from Amazon.de. It costs only 12,80 euro. An English book by the same author is 'Getting it Right With Type', also still available. I just bought 'Counterpunch' by Fred Smeijers. He links 16th century type making with contemporary type design. Good for me, since I'm all for contemporary typefaces, solidly based on tradition. -love this site and will keep following the 'type terms' posts A book mentioned above, ‘Schriften erkennen’ by Hans Peter Willberg, about recognizing typefaces and classification, is readily available (German language) from Amazon.de. It costs only 12,80 euro. An English book by the same author is ‘Getting it Right With Type’, also still available.
I just bought ‘Counterpunch’ by Fred Smeijers. He links 16th century type making with contemporary type design. Good for me, since I’m all for contemporary typefaces, solidly based on tradition.
-love this site and will keep following the ‘type terms’ posts

]]> By: Oldstyle « Publication Designhttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2091 Oldstyle « Publication Design Mon, 26 Nov 2007 08:46:08 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2091 [...] of explanations of type terms. This one is on oldstyle typefaces such as Garamond, Bembo and Weiss. Link > Filed under: Typography [...] […] of explanations of type terms. This one is on oldstyle typefaces such as Garamond, Bembo and Weiss. Link > Filed under: Typography […]

]]> By: Giahttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2087 Gia Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:22:32 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2087 Old Style yeah!! I'm a sucker for pretty fonts :)And since LeMonde was mentioned... most of Porchez Typofonderie's work is really amazing....maybe we get to see a post soon related to some of their work ? :) Costa for example is gorgeous... Old Style yeah!! I’m a sucker for pretty fonts :)

And since LeMonde was mentioned… most of Porchez Typofonderie’s work is really amazing….maybe we get to see a post soon related to some of their work ? :) Costa for example is gorgeous…

]]> By: Leahhttp://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2085 Leah Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:53:32 +0000 http://ilovetypography.com/2007/11/21/type-terminology-old-style/#comment-2085 As usual, I liked this article very much.However, since I am firmly in the category of iLT readers called New To Typography (why not categorize ourselves as well? hah), I take it very slow and read the articles over several times, especially the ones on type classification. I like to take the fonts you (John) give us as examples, and look them up (at MyFonts) to see if I can find the nuances. Very awesome way to procrastinate ... oh, and learn.However, this time I had trouble identifying the font (out of the four) that is Old Style, because I didn't realize that Old Style fonts, while having a more upright stress, still do not have a <i>completely</i> upright stress. John, you write,<i>"Another major change can be seen in the stress of the letterforms (figure 1.2) to a more perpendicular (upright) position..."</i>Which, to me, was a bit vague, I suppose.Now, I don't want to come off that I'm criticizing! I'm not blaming anyone, just saying what my silly mistake was, in case anyone else learns from it, or might have felt the same. I found that having Robin Williams' book "The Non-Designer's Type Book" open to page 22 (Oldstyle) helped too, because that's one of her identifying characteristics (the still-diagonal stress).So, I guess I would also be one of those people asking for a solutions page!Now enough about stress! I hope you're not too stressed on your trip, John, and that the rest of you aren't too stressed either. And, of course, I'm looking forward to whatever iLT has to say next. As usual, I liked this article very much.

However, since I am firmly in the category of iLT readers called New To Typography (why not categorize ourselves as well? hah), I take it very slow and read the articles over several times, especially the ones on type classification. I like to take the fonts you (John) give us as examples, and look them up (at MyFonts) to see if I can find the nuances. Very awesome way to procrastinate … oh, and learn.

However, this time I had trouble identifying the font (out of the four) that is Old Style, because I didn’t realize that Old Style fonts, while having a more upright stress, still do not have a completely upright stress. John, you write,

“Another major change can be seen in the stress of the letterforms (figure 1.2) to a more perpendicular (upright) position…”

Which, to me, was a bit vague, I suppose.

Now, I don’t want to come off that I’m criticizing! I’m not blaming anyone, just saying what my silly mistake was, in case anyone else learns from it, or might have felt the same. I found that having Robin Williams’ book “The Non-Designer’s Type Book” open to page 22 (Oldstyle) helped too, because that’s one of her identifying characteristics (the still-diagonal stress).

So, I guess I would also be one of those people asking for a solutions page!

Now enough about stress! I hope you’re not too stressed on your trip, John, and that the rest of you aren’t too stressed either. And, of course, I’m looking forward to whatever iLT has to say next.

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