>>And at last the time was right. Eighteen centuries of stony sleep were vexed to nightmare by a clicking mouse, and her work was seized on by movie poster designers looking for something classic and imposing. The darkness drops, but it's just the movie starting…with titles in Trajan.
:) what is also significant that Carol Tyombly, the designer of Trajan, is one of the few female voices - and a super successful one at that - in the largely male dominated field of typography and typeface design. this reminds me of Zuana Licko's homage to the forgotten women of typography. When Licko designed a revival of the English face, Baskerville, she named it Mrs. Eaves, after Sarah Eaves, John Baskerville's housekeeper, mistress and eventual wife, who also helped him with his typesetting work. http://www.emigre.com/EF.php?fid=109 I have been using Baskerville quite often recently - it is a great face, with a lot of character. And Baskerville has always been a favourite face for typesetting books. Many of the early 80s titles from Oxford University Press in India used to be set in Baskerville, courtesy the finely honed typographic sensibilities of East End Printers. On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Abhishek Hazra wrote, [on 8/25/2008 10:01 AM]: > > like the name moss. >> >> Not a copycat .. just an idea that occurs to several other people >>>> >>> yes, looks a bit generic. >> >> and using a classical face like Trajan (or something very close) for >> the main "moss" might be interesting (Hypnos, near Infantry road also >> had a classical Trajan-ish face, if i remember correctly), but in my >> humble opinion, that type choice here is disturbed by that brush >> swish. >> > > Stirring the waters: > > http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/010518.html > > Udhay (why yes Ram, this *is* a shuriken. Why do you ask?) > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
