History of Typography

Discussion List

• WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

  266 views 11 comments 1 point Most recent by Christian Thalmann October 16
• Looking for information on early-twentieth-century letterpress book face

  393 views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Joshua Langman October 15
• Reason for this kind of double quotation marks

  1.3K views 39 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev October 3
• 1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design

  282 views 4 comments 5 points Most recent by Jacob Casal August 27
• WF Habsburg, another Art Nouveau Revival, fresh from the oven!

  122 views 4 comments 2 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) August 22
• Looking for Black Pepper originals

  201 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney August 18
• Hanzi machine

  132 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev August 15
• Extinct Oxford/Aitken?

  251 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by John Savard August 14
• Dry Transfer Lettering — Germany — perhaps circa 1970 ?

  721 views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 30
• ATF Typesetter Brochure Available

  161 views 1 comment 5 points Most recent by Russell McGorman July 15
• Seeking specimens/examples for "Künstlerschrift Wodan", Stempel & Co. 1902/1906

  372 views 24 comments 0 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) July 12
• Reviving French classics from the later Lead Age

  681 views 23 comments 1 point Most recent by John Savard July 11
• WF Wallenstein, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

  101 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles July 10
• Ismar David's typefaces for Photo-Lettering

  191 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by María Ramos July 9
• Napoleon – the grandfather of smileys? (a 1881 find)

  111 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev July 5
• Unusual italic F in Times

  201 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Noah Bromberg July 1
• Milton Glaser, type designer

  291 views 10 comments 3 points Most recent by Scott-Martin Kosofsky June 29
• MT Fournier digital, I

  152 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Gary Long June 22
• French vs. German book typeface

  1.3K views 18 comments 0 points Most recent by konrad ritter June 19
• 1569, Granjon: quote, prime or apostrophe?

  232 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Matthijs Sluiter June 5
• Which version/national cut of Times (New Roman)?

  434 views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by konrad ritter June 1
• WF Ovid, another Art Nouveau resurrection

  225 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette May 20
• Medieval Latin and Greek fonts

  201 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Andreas Stötzner May 17
• Chess Diagram Characters

  1.6K views 19 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard April 21
• Finished another Art Nouveau revival. This one fought me all the way; glad to see the back of it!

  523 views 27 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard April 13
• Looking for a Specimen of "Ovid" by Heinz Keune, published 1903 by Schelter & Giesecke

  191 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) April 9
• Caslon's Pica Gothic

  282 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Craig Eliason April 5
• Portuguese type specimens

  492 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles March 16
• Interesting Omega and Phi Inscription

  182 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Vassilis Georgiou March 4
• I finished another Art Nouveau Revival: WF Maria Theresia. Check it out!

  351 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Cristobal Henestrosa February 23