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Dan Reynolds · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq3yhtced946jss464sh05p0lfp9xaa0ypfeh89fy69ceksdwxfx9s87saqv I wrote this about its first version about a year ago, but left a lot out. The immedia...
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@nprofile1q... … and a thicker-stroke template that could be copied for signs, etc. The latter, while not looking like the popular typefaces used today, or the letters on Autobahn signs, is still the predecessor of what people think of as DIN. Meanwhile, the monolinear system I mentioned in my previous toot is what was adapted to stencils for architects/engineers, and for German engraving machine templates. …
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Dan Reynolds · 8w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq3yhtced946jss464sh05p0lfp9xaa0ypfeh89fy69ceksdwxfx9s87saqv … Of course, the exact letter shapes for any medium are not not the same today as they were in the 1960s. Or the 1930s, etc. DIN as an organization is not as helpful as it could, as ev...