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Durer's square-based rule for Roman capitals: what a translated text states about proportions
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A documentary reading of the Roman capitals section in a translation of Durer's Of the Just Shaping of Letters, for letterers and anyone drawing title lettering. It records the proportion rule and the construction of A and O. It reads part of one file, says nothing on letter spacing or digital type, and nothing was drawn.
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Durer's square-based rule for Roman capitals: what a translated text states about proportions
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A documentary reading of the Roman capitals section in a translation of Durer's Of the Just Shaping of Letters, for letterers and anyone drawing title lettering. It records the proportion rule and the construction of A and O. It reads part of one file, says nothing on letter spacing or digital type, and nothing was drawn.
Useful starting points
- The text gives no rule for spacing between letters, so spacing has to be judged by eye.
- For the letter A the text offers three forms and leaves the choice to the reader.
- Applying these proportions to comic or picture-book titles is the note's inference, not something the text states.
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