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By: Metropolis

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By: johno

johno — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:34:40 +0000

LaurenMarie
You’ve certainly given me a lot to think about it. I like some of your suggestions.

Catherine
Welcome to iLT!

Nikkie
Good to see you here. I think you deserve two strawberry cheesecakes! Hope to see you here in the comments again.

By: Nikkie

Nikkie — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:16:00 +0000

Thanks so much for this blog, i can’t believe how much eyes have been opened by reading this. It’s unreal.. i managed to read all pages one after another without getting bored (an accomplishment in itself) but to actually take so much information away with me at the same time,… a strawberry cheesecake for my level of information intake must be a good enough reward. Look forward to more entries.
Thanks again

By: Catherine Ellis

Catherine Ellis — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:55:51 +0000

I’m learning about typography and stumbled across this article, very interesting discussion.

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:00:10 +0000

I really like the section titled “What are they good for?” Your notes about how best to use the moderns (extra space, not for body copy) are really helpful and practical, John.

I’m glad you’ll be writing the Why Type Matters article, John. Even though I do think it matters, I’m looking forward to you elaborating on it.

I was also thinking that an article on the details of type would be interesting and extremely useful. For example, why the different brackets? What do they accomplish? Why different terminals? I don’t know if it can be broken down that simply, but maybe what I’m looking for is a little primer on if I want a font that says “elegant” what details should I look for? Where (as in what family) might I start looking? What should I be looking for? And of course, why? If you can’t tell, I’m a very practical person; theory is great, application is better ;) That is not to say I don’t enjoy these articles—I do!—but more examples of typography in use or how to use typography would be great!

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SOBRE TIPOGRAFIA: Opentype « Notas Sobre Tipografia — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:04:20 +0000

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By: johno (iLT)

johno (iLT) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:33:26 +0000

nicetype Thanks for taking the time to put together that comparison. Hamish A custom Didot is used for Vogue magazine.

By: Hamish M

Hamish M — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:49:03 +0000

Thanks for the great writeup, John. And to everyone for this great discussion.

nicetype’s example shows that this style is much better suited for large type. Like Bringhurst said, you really pay more attention to the letterforms.

It’s a very elegant and feminine look as well. Vogue is a nice example, does anyone know what font that is?

Keep up the great work.

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By: nicetype

nicetype — Sat, 31 May 2008 19:12:52 +0000

Steve, just a quick example in the picture here: http://tinyurl.com/5tm4zm
You see your comment set in HTF Didot on the left, and in Hoefler Text on the right. What is easier to read?

Underneath the same type used. What looks more like a masthead of an elegant fashion mag?

That’s why.

Hmm, ImageShack thumbnails fail to work here…