Re: Sample of german -burg abbreviature

2004-09-26 Thread Philipp Reichmuth
Johannes Bergerhausen schrieb: Note the fancy >>semi-cyrillic<< shape of the breve between the letters b and g -- it is quite typical for this cartographic font. The font is called Kursivschrift from the Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt from 1967. I found it in the Berthold Types catalogue from 198

Re: Sample of german -burg abbreviature

2004-09-26 Thread Michael Everson
At 19:05 +0200 2004-09-26, Jörg Knappen wrote: > > I have scanned a sample of the german -burg abbreviature. It is from > > Diercke Weltatlas, 165. Auflage, Georg Westermann Verlag, > Braunschweig 1972, card page 14. Very interesting! It would be even more interesting if you told us the URL so

Re: Sample of german -burg abbreviature

2004-09-26 Thread Jörg Knappen
On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, Adam Twardoch wrote: > From: "Jörg Knappen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I have scanned a sample of the german -burg abbreviature. It is from > > Diercke Weltatlas, 165. Auflage, Georg Westermann Verlag, > > Braunschweig 1972, card page 14. > > Very interesting! It would be eve

Re: Unicode & Shorthand?

2004-09-26 Thread Peter Kirk
On 25/09/2004 20:53, Doug Ewell wrote: Peter Kirk wrote: If we are considering a scenario in which someone takes shorthand notes at a meeting and transcribes them later, interchange between computers is likely to be required. If this process is to be automated, a sensible way to do so would be

Re: Sample of german -burg abbreviature

2004-09-26 Thread Johannes Bergerhausen
Note the fancy >>semi-cyrillic<< shape of the breve between the letters b and g -- it is quite typical for this cartographic font. The font is called Kursivschrift from the Bayerisches Landesvermessungsamt from 1967. I found it in the Berthold Types catalogue from 1988. There is an italic and a ve

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Re: Sample of german -burg abbreviature

2004-09-26 Thread Adam Twardoch
From: "Jörg Knappen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have scanned a sample of the german -burg abbreviature. It is from > Diercke Weltatlas, 165. Auflage, Georg Westermann Verlag, > Braunschweig 1972, card page 14. Very interesting! It would be even more interesting if you told us the URL so we can actua

Sample of german -burg abbreviature

2004-09-26 Thread Jörg Knappen
I have scanned a sample of the german -burg abbreviature. It is from Diercke Weltatlas, 165. Auflage, Georg Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1972, card page 14. In the north you can find two times the -berg abbreviature in Herrenbg. [Herrenberg] and Brombg. [Bromberg]. SW from Tuebingen you find