A fascinating world that still holds many unanswered questions and one that deserves further study as it pertains to the history of the book, the history of letterforms and the history of reproduction.
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The best Hebrew lettering book I have seen so far. I would love to get my hands on one of these books—for now, I will have to settle for Yaronimus Maximus’ Flickr uploads.
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Last week’s look at North Indian scripts & typeforms was very informative. We all had to do mini case studies on each of the scripts Continue reading →
Kannada Day!
I spent most of the day trying to understand how the Kannada script is written. I quite enjoyed it! I love how it loops and curls—a real pleasure to write. Kannada is, in fact, one of the oldest south Indian languages.
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Inspired and motivated after reading Matthew Carter’s article Galliard: a modern revival of the types of Robert Granjon.
A must-read for anyone who is interested in type design. There are also other interesting articles in this Volume (vol.19, 1985) of Visible Language. The article on Kis put me on a piste related to my Hebrew research.
I am looking forward to adding my weights to Naej!
