karl@umb.umb.edu (Karl Berry.) (07/23/88)
In his excellent book on typography, Emil Ruder mentions some classic typeface/language pairs -- French and Garamond, for instance. (Together with some interesting visual examples of text in the same typeface set in different languages.) Is a particular typeface the mainstay of German publishing? I know I could go look at my library's German publications, but I'm not sure that would be representative. Information from a German reader would probably be most convincing. Thanks for any help, Karl. karl@umb.edu ...!harvard!umb!karl
wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul) (07/24/88)
In article <652@umb.umb.edu> karl@umb.umb.edu (Karl Berry.) writes: >In his excellent book on typography, Emil Ruder mentions >some classic typeface/language pairs -- French and Garamond, >for instance. (Together with some interesting visual examples >of text in the same typeface set in different languages.) >Is a particular typeface the mainstay of German publishing? Garamond (called "Garamond Antiqua" in German) seems to be very prevalent in NICELY TYPESET books; mass market books tend to use whatever came standard with the photo typesetter or linotype, which tends to be some form of Times Roman. Could you, Karl, send me bibliographical details on Ruder's book -- title, publisher, year, etc. ? Wolf -- Wolf N. Paul * 3387 Sam Rayburn Run * Carrollton TX 75007 * (214) 306-9101 UUCP: killer!dcs!wnp ESL: 62832882 DOMAIN: wnp@dcs.UUCP TLX: 910-380-0585 EES PLANO UD