Typography

Dec 30, 2020

“As I expected, his reply was typewritten” [IDEN] 

 

While handwriting was and is distinctive enough for a detective like Sherlock Holmes to draw some inferences, typography isn't quite so forgiving. 

 

Whether it was through fonts used in newspapers or flourishes of individual typewriters ("the fourteen other characteristics to which I have alluded are there as well." [IDEN]), Holmes was able to wring more out of typography than the average investigator. It's just a Trifle.

 

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Links / Notes

• This episode: ihose.co/trifles209
• The Gorgeous Typeface that Drove Men Mad and Sparked a 100-Year Mystery (Gizmodo)

 

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Music credits

Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0

 

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