History of Typography

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• Please Help Identify

  177 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by SiDaniels February 14
• Help to fund the exhibition of Joh. Enschedé’s items

  357 views 12 comments 1 point Most recent by Ramiro Espinoza February 14
• Chess Diagram Characters

  831 views 18 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard December 2018
• Women in History of Typography

  262 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette November 2018
• Fat-hatan on final Alef in Arabic

  251 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by AzizMostafa November 2018
• Flickr will delete photos unless paid

  311 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by Stephen Coles November 2018
• Monotype Series 72–74

  201 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig October 2018
• Ľ vs L’

  281 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson October 2018
• Greek ligatures in modern fonts

  181 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Andreas Stötzner October 2018
• Looking for early examples of type designed for materials other than paper.

  472 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Jacques Le Bailly May 2018
• A reprint edition of Dutch Type is in preparation and you can now preorder it!

  261 views 3 comments 3 points Most recent by Beau Williamson May 2018
• Would you like to own a typographer's mould?

  1.2K views 29 comments 2 points Most recent by Hrant H. Papazian May 2018
• Looking for info on an old brand

  221 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Simon Dunford April 2018
• Type design critique, 1909

  361 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Theunis de Jong April 2018
• What is a contemporary typeface?

  582 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Visi April 2018
• ClearType Font collection Booklets

  181 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson March 2018
• German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat

  811 views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Hutmann March 2018
• Is There Such a Thing as a Crystal Goblet?

  383 views 11 comments 1 point Most recent by Chris Lozos February 2018
• Sans-serif with spurs on i, n, t, and a

  152 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by David Perry February 2018
• Favourite Figures?

  671 views 24 comments 0 points Most recent by Peiran Tan February 2018
• Looking for examples of Latin and Non-Latin side-by-side communication

  361 views 13 comments 1 point Most recent by Martina Brillante February 2018
• German ch and ck ligs

  411 views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Nick Shinn February 2018
• Interview with Piet Jacobs, ex Joh. Enschedé’s typefounder

  311 views 7 comments 4 points Most recent by Dave Crossland January 2018
• Eth and Thorn - historical forms

  372 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant H. Papazian January 2018
• What are the names for styles of the digit one?

  351 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by bjherbison January 2018
• Ancient printed arabic numerals ?

  121 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette November 2017
• Interesting digital type history videos

  81 views 0 comments 9 points Started by Beau Williamson November 2017
• What was the very first typeface described as “feminine”?

  1.1K views 43 comments 2 points Most recent by Thomas Helbig November 2017
• Modular scripts project: looking for information about writing instruction

  51 views 0 comments 3 points Started by Maurice Meilleur November 2017
• The faces of Microsoft

  281 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Mike Duggan October 2017