more great moments in typography

I see I haven’t mentioned here that Charlie Stross’s novel Saturn’s Children is printed in modified Bembo, with single-loop ‘a’ and hook-tailed ‘gy’. It’s remarkable how much the page color is affected by those three letters.

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2 Responses to more great moments in typography

  1. Anton says:

    Now I learn that that face is called Bembo Infant.

  2. Anton says:

    Also printed in Bembo Infant: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.

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