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Subject:Re: Font choices From:Michael Lewis <lewism -at- BRANDLE -dot- COM -dot- AU> Date:Mon, 2 Feb 1998 11:28:59 +1100
Stephen D. Martin wrote:
> I suspect that "most people" don't forget anything about Times, but
> simply never knew/don't know them. Please try not to forget that most
> (in fact, all) people need to learn something before they know it.
>
> Perhaps it's a failing on my part, but I know that amidst the million
> and six other things I'm trying to keep track of, or even begin to learn
> about, the arcane details of Times didn't exactly make it into my top 10
> (or 100 or 1000).
Touche -- to a point! Most people in our business are document designers
as well as text developers (aka writers). Issues of when a font works,
and when it doesn't, shouldn't be arcane details, but I agree that they
probably are.
> Could anyone recommend some easily digestible resources, in print or on
> the net, that would alleviate my typographic ignorance?
I think it was Bruce Byfield who referred you to http://www.will-harris.com -- which is a real goldmine: lots of solid
info plus links to other sites.
--
Michael Lewis
Brandle Pty Limited, Sydney, Australia
PO Box 1249, Strawberry Hills, NSW 2012
Suite 8, The Watertower, 1 Marian St, Redfern 2016 http://www.ozemail.com.au/~lewism
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