[rollei_list] Re: the pleasures of Rolleiflex
- From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 01 Aug 2009 19:33:48 -0400
> I'm with you on the Type Rob, but a good friend of mine designs type
> for Font Bureau, and I've seen the files that the postscript type (and
> now Open Type) comes from, and the level of care that goes into every
> joint, serif and counter - It's amazing, breath-taking even. Today's
> type designers do the same work Griffo and Garamond did centuries ago
> but with infinitely more control - even if the only thing their
> fingers do is push buttons. My friend often complains about the tedium
> of the job though - if there was punch cutting involved he'd get more
> physical satisfaction out of it, but he'd still be working on the one
> font.
>
> I've made plates of some his type and used it in an artist's book I
> printed this last spring. Here's a digital shot:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/emletterpress/3663783747/
>
> I'm always in love with the process of hand setting type - I only do
> it when teaching anymore, and my students really take to it. But for
> trading on my work, digital type and plates is a must, and it's not a
> compromise in quality either, just another way to work, and in some
> subtle ways, the difference is evident, but it doesn't have to be a
> problem. Same with film and digital.
>
> I'm going on vacation, and I'm leaving the digital camera behind. Not
> because of anything, except that when I want to enjoy making
> photographs, my film cameras are treat for me to use. I'm lucky to
> have them, especially my Rolleiflex 2.8C Planar.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Elias
>
I'm very fond of Opentype; and Garamond Premier Pro
But having it done the old way by a typesetter meaning a person who
understands how type should look as that¹s what they do all day I imagine
there would be something to be said for that. Don't know.
Mark William Rabiner
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