Comments on: A Star is a Star is a Star http://moorewoodtype.com/2013/01/a-star-is-a-star-is-a-star/ Pantograph Cut End Grain Maple Type | For Letterpress Printing Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:15:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Daniel Gardiner Morris http://moorewoodtype.com/2013/01/a-star-is-a-star-is-a-star/#comment-11676 Daniel Gardiner Morris Thu, 28 Feb 2013 18:15:27 +0000 http://moorewoodtype.com/?p=625#comment-11676 Hi Scott, Have you considered starting an email list? I'd love to be clued in when new things are about to go up in the store. Best, Dan Hi Scott,
Have you considered starting an email list? I’d love to be clued in when new things are about to go up in the store.

Best,
Dan

]]> By: Lauren Emeritz http://moorewoodtype.com/2013/01/a-star-is-a-star-is-a-star/#comment-7844 Lauren Emeritz Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:41:44 +0000 http://moorewoodtype.com/?p=625#comment-7844 That looks great! Where did you do the laser-cutting? Did you find the stars came out better or worse than hand-cutting? That looks great!

Where did you do the laser-cutting?
Did you find the stars came out better or worse than hand-cutting?

]]> By: Nick Sherman http://moorewoodtype.com/2013/01/a-star-is-a-star-is-a-star/#comment-7346 Nick Sherman Sun, 27 Jan 2013 14:19:33 +0000 http://moorewoodtype.com/?p=625#comment-7346 Great post! I usually call this design a “nautical star”, and Unicode calls it a “pinwheel star”, but I admit that I like the idea of naming things after Page too. I've never really compared the variations in design between different type manufacturers. Looking that closely definitely makes you appreciate the more elaborate stars that Page showed in his big 1874 chromatic book – for example, this giant nautical “Chromatic Double Star”: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4003/4295671177_e40ba27c7c_b.jpg and this crazy stars-&-stripes-themed “National Border”: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5138/5535963547_1af6d6a4e0_b.jpg (I think this latter one must have been die-stamped. I can't imagine all of those angles were hand-trimmed.) Anyway, looking forward to seeing more Moore type. Keep up the good work! Great post! I usually call this design a “nautical star”, and Unicode calls it a “pinwheel star”, but I admit that I like the idea of naming things after Page too. I’ve never really compared the variations in design between different type manufacturers. Looking that closely definitely makes you appreciate the more elaborate stars that Page showed in his big 1874 chromatic book – for example, this giant nautical “Chromatic Double Star”:
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4003/4295671177_e40ba27c7c_b.jpg
and this crazy stars-&-stripes-themed “National Border”:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5138/5535963547_1af6d6a4e0_b.jpg
(I think this latter one must have been die-stamped. I can’t imagine all of those angles were hand-trimmed.)

Anyway, looking forward to seeing more Moore type. Keep up the good work!

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