Hi Judith. There’s definitely value in revival typefaces and I think it’s twofold: as you mentioned, it should be historically accurate (as a jumping-off point) and new — as in, making the most of it existing in the digital medium, doing things that could never have been done with the wood type itself. Sorry for not being anymore specific — I think the secret sauce is in exactly how the typeface designer achieves that balance between the historic and the modern. Of course, it could be said that simply having the typeface exist in a digital format is enough!
Hi Judith. There’s definitely value in revival typefaces and I think it’s twofold: as you mentioned, it should be historically accurate (as a jumping-off point) and new — as in, making the most of it existing in the digital medium, doing things that could never have been done with the wood type itself. Sorry for not being anymore specific — I think the secret sauce is in exactly how the typeface designer achieves that balance between the historic and the modern. Of course, it could be said that simply having the typeface exist in a digital format is enough!