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Sat 17 Sep, 2011 02:10 am
Such rules, for instance, as the "retention of the foundation geometrical, containing figures"—the square or the oblong; the uniformity of serifs; the individuality of the several letters; the distinctive thickening out for the various long stroke letters—are the very basis of all good type design, and are all to be found in the early presses and in the Vale.
Vale is a printing house here.
@kkfengdao,
If you were making a neat free-hand caption for a wall display you would use a ruler and space the letters regularly using standard rectangles to contain them. All such guide lines are drawn faintly for later erasure. This applies equally to those who design fonts for smaller scale text prior to reducing them.
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