{"id":7000,"date":"2009-11-01T21:18:47","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T04:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=7000"},"modified":"2009-10-31T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2009-10-31T21:53:54","slug":"durer-fonts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/7000","title":{"rendered":"D\u00fcrer fonts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/editions\/duruwm\/index.html\"target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/DurerFont1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer\" target=\"_blank\">Albrecht D\u00fcrer\u2019s<\/a> contribution to typography took capitals in new directions. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/editions\/duruwm\/index.html\"target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/DurerFont2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His books on proportions, <em>De Symmetria Partium in Rectis Formis Humanorum Corporum<\/em> (books on the normal proportions of the parts of the human form) with <em>Underweysung der Messung<\/em> (instruction in measurement) cover drawing of human form, perspective &#8211; with a dissertation on Roman caps as well as gothics. <\/p>\n<p>Both can be snagged in hi-res digital form from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/editions\/duruwm\/index.html\"target=\"_blank\">Octavo<\/a>. Their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/store\/product.php?product=grabun-101404\"target=\"_blank\">Graphic Arts Bundle<\/a> option also includes editions from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/editions\/bodtip\/\"target=\"_blank\">Giabattista Bodoni<\/a> (1740-1813), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/editions\/trychf\/\"target=\"_blank\">Geofroy Tory<\/a> (c. 1480-1533) and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.octavo.com\/editions\/jnsgrm\/\"target=\"_blank\">Owen Jones<\/a> (1809-74). <\/p>\n<p>D\u00fcrer&#8217;s original letters exist today in the following fonts:<\/p>\n<p>[1] <a href=\"http:\/\/www.p22.com\/IHOF\/durercaps.html\"target=\"_blank\"><em>D\u00fcrer Caps<\/em><\/a> from P22<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.p22.com\/IHOF\/durercaps.html\"target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/DurerFont_Caps.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[2] <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fonthaus.com\/fonts\/urw\/hands_on_albrecht\/ur13807\"target=\"_blank\">Hands on Albrecht<\/a><\/em> from URW<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fonthaus.com\/fonts\/urw\/hands_on_albrecht\/ur13807\"target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/DurerFont_Hand.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[3] <em><a href=\"http:\/\/new.myfonts.com\/fonts\/scriptorium\/albrecht-durer-gothic\/\"target=\"_blank\">Albrecht D\u00fcrer Gothic<\/a><\/em> from Scriptorium<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/new.myfonts.com\/fonts\/scriptorium\/albrecht-durer-gothic\/\"target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/B\/DurerFont_Gothic.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n\r\n\t<div style=\"float: left; \">\r\n\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-text=\"D\u00fcrer fonts\" data-url=\"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/7000\"  data-via=\"mehallo\">Tweet<\/a>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albrecht D\u00fcrer\u2019s contribution to typography took capitals in new directions. 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