Typophile

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Put me out of my misery, I know I’m going to shout d’oh when someone gets it.

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Now that is a typical Aldo Novarese lc ‘g’ — lemmecheck…

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ITC Fenice

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That’s what I thought. They added a stroke which made the contrast less and the serifs all blocky. Nasty… :^/

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thanks again

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I’m afraid that’s a common strategy. One of my students, while we were discussing the weight differences in families, said “just throw a stroke on it in Illustrator and there’s your bold.” Of course, that comment triggered a huge lecture (and demonstration in Illustrator) that probably bored the pants off the whole class.

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