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The First Roman Fonts (2016)
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miles
on Sept 14, 2020
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throw0101a
on Sept 14, 2020
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When buying (reference) books was still 'really' a thing, I always liked reading the colophon in O'Reilly published works to explain the animals, typeface(s), process used in their creation.
boogies
on Sept 14, 2020
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Particularly the Ritchie and Kernighan books where they dog-fooded roff etc.
gwern
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If you're wondering why every other image seems to use red for highlights, it's typography tradition:
https://www.gwern.net/Red
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