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Kent Lew · 3w
Timeless question: “Can it be ... that there are too many type faces for printers and advertisers? It appears, upon inquiry, that there are. It appears that a goodly number of discriminating compo...
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@nprofile1q... Yeah, I found it funny that their main point of the exercise was that it’s past time to toss all the "less useful" typefaces, while I’m over here for the last 20 years preaching typographic abundance.

To be fair, type back then actually occupied valuable space.
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Jackson · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqg8368dx0n6g2c5hdmpak8eukstmgc44v9p5h4am93u3qeanrqdzqejqecv nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqaz06pe0rpdm5nmrw4s4cpn0lfqh6e2tluteq5h5d59dnx0thcz9q228kyx There were at the tail end of a bunch of massive changes in typographic ...
Kent Lew · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqg8368dx0n6g2c5hdmpak8eukstmgc44v9p5h4am93u3qeanrqdzqejqecv Now it just occupies valuable font menu dropdown space. 😉
Thomas Phinney · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqg8368dx0n6g2c5hdmpak8eukstmgc44v9p5h4am93u3qeanrqdzqejqecv nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqaz06pe0rpdm5nmrw4s4cpn0lfqh6e2tluteq5h5d59dnx0thcz9q228kyx This mention of the size of drawers of metal type reminds me that their ...