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The fight over the Doves: A legendary typeface gets a second life

85 points by rayshan 13y ago

rayshan 13y ago
Doves for purchase on Typesec here, £40: http://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ http://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/
hyp0 13y ago
Egotism, the genius and the tragedy. I think he'd be horrified at his type, once used for the bible, now being used for posters.
robertjwebb 13y ago
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Mithaldu 13y ago
I found myself amusingly insulted by seeing ß called a "German esset", which should at the very least be "Eszett".
DanBC 13y ago
It's a beautiful bit of type. That print at the top is lovely. Does any digital system recreate the analogue nature of that type of printing yet? I guess this would be like Instagram, but for fonts. > Both Cobden-Sanderson and Walker were part of the group of artists and craftsmen that gathered around William Morris This group also invented pebble-dash. It's bizarre when you look at a Cotswold manor and see a bit of pebble-dash.
robwgibbons 13y ago
And so, by cleverly digitizing his precious type specimens -- which he fought bitterly to protect from automation -- we've done exactly what he strove to prevent. Are you happy now?
ChuckMcM 13y ago
Kind of like the story about Bliss and his iconography. I have never understood the idea of destroying something you love because someone else might benefit from it.
- ExpiredLink 13y ago
  The Medea complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea
crawfordcomeaux 13y ago
I wonder how well an automated recreation would work. What would come from taking scans of works using the typeface and taking the intersection of each instance of each letter?
- eru 13y ago
  Intersection might be the wrong operation. In general, you'd be solving an `inverse problem' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_problem).
shocks 13y ago
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- JasonFruit 13y ago
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TylerE 13y ago
Interesting. Not $65 interesting though.

85 points by rayshan 13y ago

Doves for purchase on Typesec here, £40: http://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/ http://typespec.co.uk/doves-type/

hyp0 13y ago

Egotism, the genius and the tragedy. I think he'd be horrified at his type, once used for the bible, now being used for posters.

robertjwebb 13y ago

Go incognito if the Economist says you're over your article limit (or delete the relevant cookies).

Mithaldu 13y ago

I found myself amusingly insulted by seeing ß called a "German esset", which should at the very least be "Eszett".

DanBC 13y ago

It's a beautiful bit of type. That print at the top is lovely. Does any digital system recreate the analogue nature of that type of printing yet? I guess this would be like Instagram, but for fonts. > Both Cobden-Sanderson and Walker were part of the group of artists and craftsmen that gathered around William Morris This group also invented pebble-dash. It's bizarre when you look at a Cotswold manor and see a bit of pebble-dash.

robwgibbons 13y ago

And so, by cleverly digitizing his precious type specimens -- which he fought bitterly to protect from automation -- we've done exactly what he strove to prevent. Are you happy now?

ChuckMcM 13y ago

Kind of like the story about Bliss and his iconography. I have never understood the idea of destroying something you love because someone else might benefit from it.

ExpiredLink 13y ago
The Medea complex: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medea

crawfordcomeaux 13y ago

I wonder how well an automated recreation would work. What would come from taking scans of works using the typeface and taking the intersection of each instance of each letter?

eru 13y ago
Intersection might be the wrong operation. In general, you'd be solving an `inverse problem' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_problem).

shocks 13y ago

> You have reached your article limit > Register to continue reading or subscribe for unlimited access :/

JasonFruit 13y ago
Try incognito, or private browsing, or whatever your browser calls it.

TylerE 13y ago

Interesting. Not $65 interesting though.