tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post3088642734300871023..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: The Fell TypesPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-69905944516154438312010-10-05T12:23:06.872-07:002010-10-05T12:23:06.872-07:00In another bit of true magic available to bloggers...In another bit of true magic available to bloggers and other website owners, you can now display your own text in the Fell Types to readers elsewhere <i>who do not have those fonts on their own systems!</i><br /><br />The Fell Types are available as <b>webfonts</b>:<br /><a href="http://code.google.com/webfonts" rel="nofollow">http://code.google.com/webfonts</a><br /><a href="http://code.google.com/apis/webfonts/faq.html" rel="nofollow">FAQ Page</a><br /><a href="http://code.google.com/webfonts/list?family=IM+Fell&subset=latin" rel="nofollow">"IM Fell font families" page</a>Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-36975671266341867012010-09-30T13:07:47.160-07:002010-09-30T13:07:47.160-07:00I am literally moaning and squirming in my seat wi...I am literally moaning and squirming in my seat with eagerness to use these. So beautiful! So! Beautiful!Naamahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-40509341496365489602010-09-28T08:45:15.373-07:002010-09-28T08:45:15.373-07:00The more I look at Igino Marini's work, the lo...The more I look at Igino Marini's work, the lower my jaw drops in awe. As he says, this was a labor of love on his part. Well, he had the good taste to fall in love with some beautiful if neglected typefaces, and then the dogged determination to follow through with years of hard work to digitize them in finicky detail, and the ingenuity to solve some mathematical and programming problems along the way -- including developing a whole new metrics software (iKern) that he now makes available to other font developers! All this, and he gives away the resulting fonts for free, asking only credit. The term for such a person is "public benefactor."<br /><br />The reaction and review I want to hear would be Andrew Leman's, whose E-phemera and HPLHS fonts recreate mostly early 20th century (and a few older) typefaces with the rough-edged look of actual worn metal type. Marini has just done the same thing with the Fell Types, rough edges, irregular heights, and all. Kindred spirits here.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-4927550127392951402010-09-27T23:10:48.441-07:002010-09-27T23:10:48.441-07:00That's a real boon if you're looking for a...<i>That's a real boon if you're looking for an "air of verisimilitude", as Lovecraft himself would put it.</i><br /><br />Or as Gilbert & Sullivan actually did put it:<br /><br />"Mere corroborative detail intended to lend an air of artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise bald and unconvincing narrative."<br /><br />It's a good thing there's no Commandment that says <i>Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Fonts.</i><br /><br />...covet, covet....Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.com