Aldus@SFU

The Wosk–McDonald Aldine Collection

Category: colophon

Greek Typography Part 2

More on treating Greek text properly, with lessons learned in practice: on fonts, glyphs, and long lists of book titles.

On Greek Typography

Some discoveries and musings about the rendering of Greek typography on the web, and how mixing Greek and latin text presents some interesting challenges.

Project Typography

A tale of type design, beginning with Aldus and punchcutter Francesco Griffo in the 15th century, and ending with this website!

Notes on Website Development

Some technical notes on setting up this website and development workflow. Also: nice typography.

On Infrastructure

Some early (Feb 2024) thinking about the tech infrastructure for this project: web hosting, image repositories, website infrastructure, and so on.