From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/17299 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Nikolai Weibull Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Recommended Books on Typesetting Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:10 +0100 Message-ID: <20041128222210.GA24981@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> References: <20041128192418.GA30208@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> <41AA3F39.1010804@wxs.nl> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1101680643 19955 80.91.229.6 (28 Nov 2004 22:24:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 22:24:03 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sun Nov 28 23:23:56 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl ([131.211.172.88] helo=ronja.ntg.nl) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CYXSW-00047s-00 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:23:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E5FB127DF; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:23:56 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20406-01; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:23:55 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.vet.uu.nl (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F8C0127CE; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:11 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC06B127CE for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:09 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ronja.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (ronja.vet.uu.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id 20065-06-3 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:09 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com (unknown [195.54.107.73]) by ronja.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 026E6127C9 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:08 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from puritan.pcp.ath.cx ([213.112.43.197] [213.112.43.197]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with ESMTP id <20041128222208.XZKT24004.mxfep02.bredband.com@puritan.pcp.ath.cx> for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:08 +0100 Original-Received: by puritan.pcp.ath.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BD633AE044; Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:22:10 +0100 (CET) Original-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Mail-Followup-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <41AA3F39.1010804@wxs.nl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at ntg.nl Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:17299 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:17299 * h h extern [Nov 28, 2004 22:20]: > > I have also been looking for books by Hermann Zapf, but most seem to > > be out of print and very, very expensive where available; anyone > > know if they are worth their steep prices? > His books (and fonts) are real great! I wish i had them all. Yeah, I've seen his fonts, but not his books ;-) > Keep in mind that typography is not per definition the same as > typesetting; for instance his book covers and posters are good > examples of 'playing with type', which is not what tex is often used > for Yeah, I was not only interested in books on typefaces, but also on typesetting. I'm a person who judges a book, not by its cover, but by its typography and typesetting. nikolai -- ::: name: Nikolai Weibull :: aliases: pcp / lone-star / aka ::: ::: born: Chicago, IL USA :: loc atm: Gothenburg, Sweden ::: ::: page: www.pcppopper.org :: fun atm: gf,lps,ruby,lisp,war3 ::: main(){printf(&linux["\021%six\012\0"],(linux)["have"]+"fun"-97);}