History of Typography

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• Dry Transfer Lettering — Germany — perhaps circa 1970 ?

  692 views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 30
• 1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design

  170 views 3 comments 3 points Most recent by John Savard July 30
• ATF Typesetter Brochure Available

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

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

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

  97 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)

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

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

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

  147 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?

  238 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

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

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

  1.5K 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!

  521 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

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

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

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

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

  353 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Cristobal Henestrosa February 23
• Detached ogonek and co.

  240 views 6 comments 7 points Most recent by Adam Jagosz February 20
• Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

  349 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson February 20
• Question about Panckoucke

  112 views 0 comments 0 points Started by ivan louette February 15
• What is sharp S

  874 views 50 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard February 5
• Who designed Prestige Elite?

  672 views 14 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard February 3
• Purchasing old type-specimens

  412 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson January 30
• Type making costs through the ages

  328 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Kaczun January 27