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Please note: I must reluctantly reserve the right to remove uncivil or disruptive comments and/or threads from this talk page. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 03:46, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

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I forgot to say—if there's anything I can do for you, let me know. You got it :-)
Best regards, Arbo  talk 09:53, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Only trying to find a way to return your help, good advice and encouragement. By "anything I can do for you" I don't mean pitching in with your dispute resolution and political work. That's not my concern. I'm an editorial specialist, so if you need good word-smithing skills, votes for featured pic candidates, or whatever.
Best regards, Arbo talk 09:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Chalk it up to a busy week - and nothing more - my friend. :) -- User:RyanFreisling @ 14:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Ah, romanticism, classicism and poetry—(sigh) This is the flashest, fabulous-most last word in Wiki type samples. Extract of an essay by Oscar Wilde.
Kewl :-)
L8ter, Arbo talk 14:17, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
Excellent use of typefaces... and of course I love Oscar Wilde. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 15:24, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
I asked a question on your talk page about that unusual Iowan font family. Not sure I love it - it looks odd to my eye somehow. -- User:RyanFreisling @ 02:51, 19 October 2006 (UTC)
Aww, Ryan, Ryan, Ryan. So demanding. What are your favourite faces?
Arbo talk 19:39, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Iowan old face

reposted from User_talk:James_Arboghast:

I have a more-than-passing interest in typefaces as well, and this was the first I'd seen this face. Is there some info you could direct me towards regarding the rationale and context underlying its' creation? It's seemingly 'heterogeneous' character forms (the serifs and 'color' of the letters seems to vary widely thoughout a single weight) seems designed for maximum readability in electronic means, but also a decidedly old-school look. It looks like a mix of Garamond, Adobe Serif and perhaps a touch of Myriad... What's the skinny, Arbo? -- User:RyanFreisling @ 02:32, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

It's that pesky Freisling harrying me with her pesky kvestions again! (much chuckling). I'm listening to Tehillim on radio. It's great. :-)
Geared Bull conveniently asked much the same thing at User talk:GearedBull#Excellent Bodoni sample.
Here's the modified answer;
Iowan Old Style is by the much-respected contemporary American sign painter John Downer. It's an old-style Renaissance-era book roman in the Venetian mode of Aldine and Jenson. It retains their low-ish line contrast, diagonal stressing and incised bracket serifs, but has a larger x-height, tighter letterfit and reproportioned capitals, suiting it to "...today's demanding Freisling-driven typographic environment" – ;-) It looks kind of Goudy-ish going by the italics and capitals. The conception and finish are much neater than the abberations Goudy put into his fonts to make them personal works of art with intentional faults, yet Downer's production is every bit as meticulous and artistic.
"It's seemingly 'heterogeneous' character forms (the serifs and 'color' of the letters seems to vary widely thoughout a single weight)"
Three different sizes in the sample may account for some of that impression. The heading is 20pt, body 14pt, footer 12pt italic. As book romans go Iowan's color and contrast are about midway between genuine old style Venetians and the transitionals like Baskerville and the Fell romans. The serif size range you're noticing is partly an anachronistic carry-over artifact of the metal punch-cut medium and its abberations, associated with old style type and integral to it—even in digital form.
Adobe Serif and Myriad are kind-sorta modelled on the old-style Venetians, Myriad more so than A.Serif.
Arbo talk 14:08, 19 October 2006 (UTC)