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Okay, y'all. I have a consultation with The Guy Who Is Best At Lettering on Sunday afternoon, and depending on circumstances he may be able to do the work right then - so I have some decisions to make.
This is a Fell type font, and I like it. And after some research, I'm sold on this arrangement of punctuation - and, conversely, despite some research, I'm going to insist on "than" instead of "then"; sorry, George. BUT. My researches have not convinced me (a) what capital letters George would have chosen, or (b) whether or not he would have used the long medial 's'. And I can't decide quickly which one I like better.
(1) Here it is just plain - modern characters and capitalization.
(2) Long s, but no capitals.
(3) Capital nouns, but no long s.
(4) Capital nouns and long s.
(5) Capital "thee", but no long s.
(6) Capital "thee" and long s.
(7) Long s and everything capped.
All I'm sure of is that I don't like the last one. I don't want everything capitalized. I am pro-long-s, but willing to be talked out of it if People In The Know feel it's wrong for early 17th century. (I don't, but I'm prepared to be convinced by an expert.) I don't think I'm wild about capital "thee" (surely George Herbert was a religious man - he was an Anglican priest, dontchaknow - but I don't need this to be a tattoo about George Herbert's God, do I?); so I'm really on the fence about capitalizing the other nouns - that is, I'm trying mainly to decide between (2) and (4) above.
Thoughts?
This is a Fell type font, and I like it. And after some research, I'm sold on this arrangement of punctuation - and, conversely, despite some research, I'm going to insist on "than" instead of "then"; sorry, George. BUT. My researches have not convinced me (a) what capital letters George would have chosen, or (b) whether or not he would have used the long medial 's'. And I can't decide quickly which one I like better.
(1) Here it is just plain - modern characters and capitalization.
(2) Long s, but no capitals.
(3) Capital nouns, but no long s.
(4) Capital nouns and long s.
(5) Capital "thee", but no long s.
(6) Capital "thee" and long s.
(7) Long s and everything capped.
All I'm sure of is that I don't like the last one. I don't want everything capitalized. I am pro-long-s, but willing to be talked out of it if People In The Know feel it's wrong for early 17th century. (I don't, but I'm prepared to be convinced by an expert.) I don't think I'm wild about capital "thee" (surely George Herbert was a religious man - he was an Anglican priest, dontchaknow - but I don't need this to be a tattoo about George Herbert's God, do I?); so I'm really on the fence about capitalizing the other nouns - that is, I'm trying mainly to decide between (2) and (4) above.
Thoughts?