Re: Char. spacing (kerning?) basics? (Take II)

Subject: Re: Char. spacing (kerning?) basics? (Take II)
From: "Ed Wurster" <eawurster -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 12:55:38 -0400



----- Original Message -----
> Yes, that was the same assumption I made. The naming of the font in
> question was a triumph of marketing over logic, however--and probably
> over the designer's pleadings, as well.

I'm going back, way back, in time. I remember rub-on letters similar to
American Typewriter, and these were display faces, definitely proportional.

It probably existed in photocomp machines too.


Ed Wurster

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References:
Char. spacing (kerning?) basics?: From: DaveC
Char. spacing (kerning?) basics?: From: Geoff Hart
Re: Char. spacing (kerning?) basics?: From: Dick Margulis
Char. spacing (kerning?) basics? (Take II): From: Geoff Hart
Re: Char. spacing (kerning?) basics? (Take II): From: Dick Margulis

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