http://end-grain.net/?p=1273 A wood Type and Letterpress blog Wed, 28 Jan 2026 14:35:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://end-grain.net/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-580 Bethany Heck Sat, 24 Apr 2010 00:21:50 +0000 http://end-grain.net/?p=1273#comment-580 This is an odd typeface, because the serifs are really "short" and the brackets are very prominent. Most wood type clarendons I've seen had taller serifs. Your lecturer's characterization of "sand between the toes" is excellent! What a perfect way to describe the effect they have on certain letterforms with multiple vertical strokes. This is an odd typeface, because the serifs are really “short” and the brackets are very prominent. Most wood type clarendons I’ve seen had taller serifs. Your lecturer’s characterization of “sand between the toes” is excellent! What a perfect way to describe the effect they have on certain letterforms with multiple vertical strokes.

]]> http://end-grain.net/?p=1273&cpage=1#comment-578 Stan Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:40:02 +0000 http://end-grain.net/?p=1273#comment-578 Clarendon Bold is one of my favourite display faces although the serifs at the foot of this style are a bit too compressed. Its the brackets which give it flow unlike egyptian slab serifs which one of my lecturers in the 50's considered irratating, describing them as "like sand between the toes". Clarendon Bold is one of my favourite display faces although the serifs at the foot of this style are a bit too compressed. Its the brackets which give it flow unlike egyptian slab serifs which one of my lecturers in the 50’s considered irratating, describing them as “like sand between the toes”.

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