Posts Tagged ‘François Ambroise Didot’

Anatomy of a Typeface: The Ascent of Scotch Roman

In the present century, Scotch Roman appears to have been, like its fellow import, Scotch whiskey, and acquired taste. Certainly the evidence at hand indicates its fall from favor in the eyes of American typographers. It wasn’t always so. While admittedly the type never achieved the full acceptance of the Centaur-Lutetia private press set, it […]