The Future of Typographical Studies. (The Tenth Hanes Lecture)

Wrappers. Signed by the author on the upper cover. He concludes by quoting Charles Bigelow on computer-aided design systems. "We can imagine a potential macrofont as an inverted pyramid. At the low resolutions of the bottom point, only a few different alphabet designs are possible. At the highest resolutions of the broad base, all analog forms are possible. Any actual macrofont will take the form of a branching tree within the myriad potential designs of the pyramid. As with real trees the trunks of most macrofonts will resemble one another, because only a few simple forms are realizable, but the leafy crowns will show the vast diversity of form, pattern, and texture possible at the high resolutions." "I like that," comments Barker. "It is an image of letter-design itself.".