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IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE MARK...
Thursday, January 18, 2024
a different take on column marks.... typeface
take these examples, above, from egyptian architecture. compare with this
h
typeface:
shaft =stem
foot = base
capital = head (serif or sans serif)
from now on, you can see arches as Hs.
For example, this Roman arch in Coimbra is missing the ascender stem.
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