Font

Kim L. Serkes kls at SIRIUS.COM
Thu May 15 13:54:34 CDT 1997


>If I'm not mistaken, the font used in M&D is the same one that was used
>in the Jonathan Cape edition of GR (the only one I know). Does anyone
>know which font it is? (Of course, the font used on the cover probably
>dates back to the 18th century. The font inside is more recent.)

A-and have you noticed the (to put it charitably) undistinguished
typography in this book?

No bloody ligatures, for crying out loud! Not even the easy ones that are
part of most basic character sets (fl,fi). Oh, you get the AE in aether,
but that's it.



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