16 February 2007

Q

Type designers like the capital Q, especially in the old style and modern serif faces. Enlarge a Q to about 500 points and take a look at the artistry of the thick and thin strokes:


Goudy

the long tails:


Trajan

the forms and flourishes:


Baskerville


Didot

the geometry:


Futura

or maybe at text size of 10-12 points you didn't notice that the strokes don't connect:


Cochin

Is that not gorgeous?

Have I bored you enough with Typography Week? Very well. Tomorrow we shall return to our usually scheduled programming of squirrels, snowy trees, and burritos. :)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Yeah, but what do the U's look like?

tP