History of Typography

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• Ancient Roman Geometric Sans.

  352 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Nick Shinn December 8
• Did the printing press actually create more jobs for scribes - > AI today

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• “Type is a beautiful group of letters…” Who said this?

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• Obscure Zapfiana: Zapf Chancery alternate glyphs never digitized

  274 views 7 comments 3 points Most recent by John Butler October 21
• Tilted font

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• Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used

  240 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn August 23
• Notes on the rendering of Garamond and Caslon typefaces when set at small sizes. Also, a request.

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• Grotesk / Grotesque

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• Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag

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• German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat

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• Grawlixes

  218 views 4 comments 3 points Most recent by Linus Romer April 24
• The Serif: An attempt at deciphering its etymology

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• Historic Shop and Company Signs in Vienna

  103 views 0 comments 1 point Started by Helmut Wollmersdorfer April 21
• Origins and ancestors of "My Happy 70s" by Jan-Henrik Arnold

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• Aelyn - Influence or plagiarism?

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• 80's font idendtification

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• Printers’ (Typographers’) Rulers

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• Large specimen book storage

  129 views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by Thomas Phinney February 27
• Photo Typeface?

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• Some interesting magazine typography from 1988 .

  533 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos February 10
• What is the correct term for combining italic lowercase with upright roman caps?

  755 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by John Butler February 3
• Origins of PT Serif

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• A Grand Romance

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• The origins of letter-spaced justification

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• Font Submissions in the 1970's

  516 views 15 comments 3 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig December 2021
• John L. Renshaw (Spartan)

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• A Mythical DIN

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• Chess Diagram Characters

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• "All the old fellows stole our best ideas." Source?

  286 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard November 2021
• Retro style 70s font...opinions please

  344 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by Fontfruits November 2021