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U&lc now available online

Posted on December 2, 2012 by typemaniac

Guess I won’t have to dig my old U&lc copies out of the warehouse, now that Monotype has scanned the complete run and posted them online.

Starting in 1974, this was the premier typography magazine and all us typemaniacs salivated over every issue. Publication ceased in 1999 but I switched my allegiance to Adobe’s Font & Function (begun 1988) long before U&lc’s demise. Now I look back at it and am both amazed by its brilliance and struck by how dated it can look.

Again, a tip of the Hatlo hat to Larry Yudelson.

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Pilcrow, jot and tittle

Posted on November 13, 2012 by typemaniac

Ahhhh, in the old days, one needed all kinds of specialized knowledge to talk type. Now Wikipedia will suffice:

Sic transit gloria mundi !

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Lovely Portuguese book cover

Posted on October 24, 2012 by typemaniac

Photo credit: Sarah Gadd Photography

I was wandering around the Web when I stumbled across this lovely piece of typography. It’s from the 1960s but looks much older.Watch Full Movie Online Streaming Online and Download

It reminded me of the cover of the Esbozo de una Nueva Gramática de la lengua española which I have around here someplace. But when I compared the two, it was clear that Vida da . . . is far more attractive.

Thanks to Sarah Gadd for permission to use her picture.

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Interjet logo

Posted on August 18, 2012 by typemaniac

Interjet logo

A couple days ago I saw the Interjet logo with its common case “j.” I think it looks really nice and serves to emphasize that they’re a jet transportation company. Pretty good for a discount Mexican airline.

I’ve been interested in common case (apparently now called “unicase”) fonts ever since I saw a common case version of Antique Olive published by infamous font vendor Leonard Storch.