Rutherford Aris, the author of a terrific introduction to the history of letterforms (Explicatio formarum litterarum = The unfolding of letterforms. St Paul, MN: Calligraphy Connection, 1990), died Nov. 2. Turns out that classics and paleography were just hobbies. He was a distinguished chemical engineer -- with an imaginary alter ego named Aris Rutherford, validated by Who's Who:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/20/national/20aris.html
-John
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