Monday, November 10, 2008

Engraver's Roman vs Garamond 3

  • Engraver's has very extreme thick to thin vertical modulation
  • ALL caps for ER
  • The tail in the capital Q in Garamond descends below the base line
  • Same as the capital J
  • The crotch in ER's capital W does not intersect like Garamonds
  • ER has ball terminals rather than tear drop shaped ones.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Cochin vs Copperplate

  • Copperplate has a thick set width
  • Both have serifs, except Copperplate's are much smaller and blunt
  • No modulation in Copperplate
  • The tail in the capital Q of Cochin is much more illustrative then Copperplates, sits on the outside.
  • Copperplate is all-caps