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Seems like someone could create a little program that could let you choose time specific fonts. Though I really can't see much use in such a program other then
by 14 8y ago
Seems like someone could create a little program that could let you choose time specific fonts. Though I really can't see much use in such a program other then something someone might produce just for practice.
- Sharlin 8y agoAny situation where you need era-appropriate typography and are serious about it even when you’re not trying to be deceitful. Eg. movies, games, and their various marketing material. Though usually if you are serious you have money to hire a graphic designer.
- zokier 8y agoOr just hire a nerd with all-sixties IBM gear :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDP3Iz6D6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDP3Iz6D6A (although the pedantic in me notes that he used the wrong selectric ball (prestige elite vs large elite) for the license)
- zokier 8y agoAnyone smart enough to use such program would probably be smart enough to just google the correct fonts.
- Waterluvian 8y agoLet's go the other way too. Are there any websites that accept an image and via image analysis able to tell you things about the doc? I wonder how much you could infer about a doc given its margins, font, kerning, leading, etc. "This looks like default settings in Word XP"