At 03:19 AM 07/29/2005, dennis c. wrote:
>Actually, it's a Jenson font, which is very close to Centaur, but even
>nicer (in my opinion).
You probably know that Centaur was based on Jenson's original
designs, plus an unrelated italic -- which has now been incorporated
into digital Jenson.
>>Have you ever seen a copy of the Oxford Lectern Bible, or some other
>>large-format book with Centaur from metal type? There's a certain slight
>>roughness to the characters that electronic versions don't quite capture.
>
>I agree, but I think the same could be said of just about anything printed
>from metal type.
Oh, yes. What I meant to say (but was typing in haste) was that the
large-size metal Centaur used in the Oxford Bible, partly because of
the irregularities, is one of the most beautiful type examples I know.
Aaron.
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