At 21:07 -0700 2001-10-27, Asmus Freytag wrote: >>well, guys, >>i don't think we're going to get anything much better than this. >>this recollection predates 1984 by a *long* time. >>cheers. -- bb
Asmus, Barbara, I have to distrust this. I did a search for "Mergenthaler Linotype caron" on Google and got nothing. The text Frank mentions is from http://www.slavism.com/slovak/abc.htm, which has no mention of Mergenthaler Linotype. What we need is a scan of the relevant sections of the "giant book". >>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:44:19 -0700 >>From: Frank Romano >>To: Barbara Beeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: origin of the term "caron" >> >>Hello >> >>Back at the old Mergenthaler Linotype Company in Broooklyn, NY every glyph >>had a name and a number--which related to millions of punches used to make >>matrices. These glyphs were recorded in giant books in the center of the >>order department with a duplicate set in matrix manufacturing. The Slovak >>diacritic was called a "caron" and no derivation was ever recorded. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com 15 Port Chaeimhghein �ochtarach; Baile �tha Cliath 2; �ire/Ireland Telephone +353 86 807 9169 *** Fax +353 1 478 2597 (by arrangement)
