Just Another FoundryApr 25, 2024
After 10 years, our book “Size-specific adjustments to type designs” has gone out of print. If you would like to receive a notification in case of a reprint or a revised edition becomes available, please send us an email: https://justanotherfoundry.com/size-specific-adjustments-to-type-designs
Just Another Foundry – Size-specific adjustments to type designs

The aim of this book is to determ­ine prin­ciples under­ly­ing the design of optical sizes, with a view to giving useful advice to prac­ti­tion­ers who wish to design such sizes for their own fonts.

Show threadTypographicaApr 25, 2024
@jaf One of the best books on type. https://typographica.org/typography-books/size-specific-adjustments-to-type-designs/
Size-specific Adjustments to Type Designs

For decades now, typography has lacked a vital component. Yet most of us had no idea what was missing. Soon after type made the jump from metal and wood to film and digital, it became size agnostic. Users gained the ability to scale a font for any setting, but lost...

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Show threadFlorian Fecher

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Might have been the most important book right before and during my #EsadType studies. It still wears an additional dust jacket I made from paper to protect it.

Hopefully all the libraries of universities with type design programmes have multiple copies stocked, now that it’s out of print.

Jun 13, 2024 at 6:49pmWeb