I know that this is not an IWC forum but it is the closest thing to it here. And, fearing that I may embarrass myself elsewhere, I don't know who to turn to but you guys so if you would please bear with me. A few days ago I was stretching my left arm out ...
Classical fonts are designed following optical rules, which makes them indeed slightly different in size at the same print size . Some characters go below "zero" or end above "top". Making all characters exactly the same absolute size, would make a text l...
...more clearly what you were so kind to take the time and explain to me. And I thought that there was no sense behind all these little details. Thank you for the insights, magellan. Ruckdee
...I think on TZ some time ago, in a fairly heated discussion, if I remember. Someone had noticed something similar to your observation, that the "4" on the Portuguese dial did not appear perfectly equidistant from the "3" and the "5", whereas the 8 appea...
I tried to search for it for more background reading but to no avail. But regardless I am now relieved that my watch is not defective and that something rational is behind all these. Thanks again. I happen to wear the Portuguese today also. Ruckdee
...re-reading it was entertaining. In the end, you can look at this way: any idiot can drop evenly-sized numerals onto a rectilinear grid imposed on the dial to achieve Cartesian regularity. It takes patient human genius to create the integrated beauty of...
You managed to give me a good laugh after a long day of hectic work, changed copies, bumped up deadlines and missed calls. Thank you, thank you. Ruckdee
There is an even better example - i have in my own collection: Do have a look at the dial of the Ulysse Nardin Maxi Marine Chronometer with arabic numerals. (There are a lot of pictures in the UN forum) 11 and 1 are in - geometrical terms - placed out of ...