drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip) (01/15/91)
Kathy Strong mentions: Hermann Zapf and his design philosophy (Z250 A2 Z379 1987) (yes, he wrote it) I have this at home (a bit pricey. more of a coffee table book than reading), and seem to recall that it has a short essay on optima. I seem to recall reading somewhere that optima was inspired by something about superellipses. I thought this might have been in the metafont book, but can't seem to find it either in the section on superellipses, or on the pages indexed under Zapf. drstrip@cs.sandia.gov
mwang@oracle.com (Michael Wang) (01/22/91)
In article <3643@intvax.UUCP> drstrip@intvax.UUCP (David R. Strip) writes: > I seem to recall reading somewhere that optima was inspired by something > about superellipses. I thought this might have been in the metafont book, > but can't seem to find it either in the section on superellipses, or on the > pages indexed under Zapf. Actually the typeface Hermann Zapf designed that was inspired by superellipses is Melior. It is a text face that was designed to be readable under less than ideal printing conditions. Michael Wang mwang@oracle.com