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Italics quote
Saturday, January 26th, 2013 09:41 amWhile cleaning out old stuff, I found my sister's old copy of "The Art of Hand Lettering". It's focused more on drawn letters than plume*-written ones, but the chapters analyzing layout and form are very relevant to my interests.
* their term for pen+nib combination
Under the Italics handwriting chapter, italics are described as "...majuscules [are based on] pure Roman capitals complete with serifs, while the minuscules are the very charming consequence of some quite intricate crossbreeding which resulted in the French terms bâtard and the Spanish bastardilla being used as names for this style."
Yeah italics are a right old bastard. Fun though!
PS. I don't suppose anyone knows how to best get rid of a musty smell from a book that got wet / exposed to high levels of humidity? Airing it out for a day helped, but hasn't gotten rid of the smell entirely.
* their term for pen+nib combination
Under the Italics handwriting chapter, italics are described as "...majuscules [are based on] pure Roman capitals complete with serifs, while the minuscules are the very charming consequence of some quite intricate crossbreeding which resulted in the French terms bâtard and the Spanish bastardilla being used as names for this style."
Yeah italics are a right old bastard. Fun though!
PS. I don't suppose anyone knows how to best get rid of a musty smell from a book that got wet / exposed to high levels of humidity? Airing it out for a day helped, but hasn't gotten rid of the smell entirely.
