At 04:09 PM 10/23/06 -0500, Noel Stoutenburg wrote: >I am not prepared to deny that there may have been typefaces in which >the fonts contained proportional width numerals, though these do not >appear to have been standard
I mentioned the Bringhurst "Elements of Typographic Style" the other day. He points out that there are several sets of numbers in various combinations: text numbers (some fonts have ascenders and descenders), titling numbers (equal height characters), italics of both, and tabular figures of all. The latter dominate in computer fonts, and he points out that kerning tables are essential when forced to use them within text. Also, the US Government Printing Office 1969 type specimen book (one of the last editions to include metal fonts) shows the forms Bringhurst points out, particularly the different text and titling numbers. Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ My blog: http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/waam-blog.html Composer "buy local" bumpersticker: http://maltedmedia.com/people/bathory/bumpersticker.jpg http://www.cafepress.com/buy/80570307/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
