Tag Archive: Type Technology

  • The Monotype 4-Line System for Setting Mathematics

    The companion piece to Rhatigan’s Three Typefaces for Mathematics, this essay looks closely at the version of the Monotype keyboard and caster used to set mathematics. After years of development in the…

  • Thoughts on Type and the Digital Revolution

    A broad and engaging observation from a teacher, historian, typographer, lettering designer and calligrapher who has lived in Italy for the past thirty years. Clough looks from personal and historical points of…

  • Three Typefaces for Mathematics

    The most effective typefaces for mathematical notation are those that have been created or adapted especially for it, anticipating both the typographic and the technical issues involved. This extensive dissertation examines the…

  • Technological Shifts in Type Design and Production

    The straightforward title might lead some to believe that this is a technical and rather dry dissertation. Nothing could be further from the truth. Malou Verlomme’s treatment of his topic is engaging,…