OK, seriously ... WTF?

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    Is it possible that this IS an original Helv 55/65 and that the subtle differences are due to changes made in digitization. Whatever it was it came from film (obviously, 1981).

    The way the characters in "Asger" rest on the baseline (kind of unevenly) makes me think it was set by hand. I dont know if anyone has ever done that but I had to in college in 1984. You'd be in a red windowed booth with the characters on a film and you'd burn each character individually. Anyway, it may not be a true helv but type changed greatly from the film/imagesetters days to digital. I used to work with Palatino a lot and I thought it last a lot of weight and character when it was digitized.

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    • "lost a lot"
      Excuse my poor typing/proofing skills
      Josev
    • Now THAT is old school!Continuity
    • haha, yeah it is. Most people here are lucky that they never had to spec type (ugh).Josev
    • Actually, that booth was for setting headline typeJosev
    • I kind of started my own career when a few shops still used table-top cameras. Those were good days.Continuity
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