Article View: comp.fonts
Article #525Re: Dutch and Swiss
From: Kees Huizing
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1989 12:31
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 1989 12:31
20 lines
1278 bytes
1278 bytes
gvr@brunix (George V. Reilly) writes:
>Some clones of Helvetica and Times call themselves "Swiss" and
>"Dutch", respectively. Now, I can understand the reasoning
>behind calling Helvetica "Swiss", as Helvetica is Latin for
>Switzerland and Helvetica was designed by a Swiss, but I cannot
>see why Times is called "Dutch" as Times was designed for the London
>_Times_ by an Englishman, Stanley Morison, around 1932.
>Can anyone enlighten me?
Of course. In current English the adjective DUTCH stands for stingy (cf.
Dutch party, Dutch treat, etc.). Times is a font that is very narrow to fit
in newspaper columns, so its space-efficient, or stingy if you want.
:-)
--
Kees Huizing - Eindhoven Univ of Techn - Dept Math & Comp Sc - The Netherlands
DOMAIN: wsinkees@win.tue.nl BITNET: wsdckeesh@heitue5 FAX: +31-40-436685
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<734@tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!eutrc3!tuewsd!wsinkeesReferences:
<21560@brunix.UUCP>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!eutrc3!tuewsd!wsinkees From: wsinkees@lso.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Dutch and Swiss Message-ID: <734@tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl> Date: 28 Nov 89 12:31:59 GMT References: <21560@brunix.UUCP> Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Lines: 20