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• gramme

  Here's a tangential question:

  Why do Scotch Roman typefaces not have old-style figures? I've noticed that Miller has semi- OSF, like a cross-breed with normal lining figures, whereas Mercury and Chronicle do not have OSF's. Freight, on the other hand, which strikes me as fairly Scotch in its design, DOES have them. Any type nerds know the answer? Did people just abandon old-style figures in the 19th century?

  • sometimes I ask myself the same question, what a bummer– moamoa1/5

    I WAHNT ANSURRZZ– gramme2/5

    hmmm, never noticed that– kelpie3/5

    surely its a digitisation thing?– kelpie4/5

    While most metal type came with OSF, Scotches come from an era when text figures fell out of favor. So not even the originals had them. Mercury and Chronicle are new designs and it surprises me very much that H&FJ did not include them. Check again.– Typographica5/5

  

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