Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/22

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Subject: [Leica] rotis, not rotisserie [was: critique pictures, not people]
From: Guy Bennett <guybnt@idt.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:53:13 +0100
References: <200010220127.SAA13776@riverside.haddockseyes.com>

>on 21/10/00 9:27 pm, Brian Reid at reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote:
>
>> My favorite typeface designer, Eric Gill, is often criticized for
>> having lived an immoral life...
>[snip]
>Gill Sans was my all time favourite font. I used it for six years as a
>default. But then I discovered... I still use GS Bold extended a lot. But
>then I discovered...
>
>... Rotis Semi Sans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>Now THAT is a font. I wonder if it was designed by the same guy who came up
>with rotisserie chicken?
>
>Johnny Deadman

johnny,

otl aiche designed the rotis family. a founder of the hochschule für
gestaltung at ulm in germany, he played no part of in the development of
rotisserie chicken.

as far as i know, he doesn't even like rotisserie chicken.

guy

In reply to: Message from Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> (Re: [Leica] Re: critique pictures, not people)