Post #1460520
2026-04-09 06:59 UTC
@TiroTypeworks I wonder if there is something like a type dictionary (or maybe Words of Type should have some more entries?). I’m not entirely sure how to approach these terms myself. *Writing* feels like a faster activity to me, which makes sense in the context of Roman capitals. So far, to me, it’s more about an impression what *painting, drawing, writing* is than actual research. Eager to learn more and use the correct terms.
Great story with da Vinci btw, I wonder also what terms they (Renaissance people) were using for their work.
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@TiroTypeworks@typo.social 2026-04-09 15:02
@dominika I don’t think there are ‘correct terms’, only more or less useful ways to talk about things. It is often useful to be able to make distinctions by using different words to mean different things, but sometimes words gravitate to being synonyms. I think that is where writing and painting are with rergard to brush lettering: it isn’t easy to make a useful distinction between them, such that one could look at any given piece of lettering and say ‘This is painting’ or ‘This is writing’. Then, sometimes, someone like Titian comes along and uses a medium in a way that changes our understanding of that medium, and potentially our terminology (although most people still call the da Vinci work a painting).