Funny little terminology parallel: I wasn't expecting this article to be about typefaces. In biology taxonomy, a "type specimen" is: I'm not sure if the parallel was intentional in this case, but...
Funny little terminology parallel: I wasn't expecting this article to be about typefaces.
In biology taxonomy, a "type specimen" is:
a preserved specimen designated as a permanent reference for a new species, new genus or some other taxon. The type is the first specimen bearing the new scientific name, and the one true example of the species. -Cornell Plant Pathology Herbarium
I'm not sure if the parallel was intentional in this case, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been amused by the adoption of scientific terms into design systems (looking at you, atomic design), so thought I'd share :)
Funny little terminology parallel: I wasn't expecting this article to be about typefaces.
In biology taxonomy, a "type specimen" is:
I'm not sure if the parallel was intentional in this case, but it wouldn't be the first time I've been amused by the adoption of scientific terms into design systems (looking at you, atomic design), so thought I'd share :)
And I read it as "type" as in CompSci types lol.