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The existence of a letter foundry is at stake
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Visible Language archive issues freely downloadable
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Late 1970s to Early 1980s typesetting
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Origins of PT Serif
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Opti Fonts (Castcraft Software Inc.)
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When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?
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Matthew Carter's definition of 'revival'
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A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)
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Where to find old fonts?
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Ben Franklin and printing paper money
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Old-style Fonts?
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Evert Bloemsma and FF Balance
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Non-Latin blackletter
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Chess Diagram Characters
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Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna
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Serif Magazine (90s)
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Aelyn - Influence or plagiarism?
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Calibri Strikes Again
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"Scotch Rules"
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Witch Fever: William Morris' Claim to Infamy
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Handwriting ? On An Old German Wool Soft Felt Hat Sweatband
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Please help identify possible age of this carved Number?
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Dictionary Diacritics
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Did the printing press actually create more jobs for scribes - > AI today
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December 2022
Ancient Roman Geometric Sans.
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December 2022
“Type is a beautiful group of letters…” Who said this?
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John Savard
November 2022
Obscure Zapfiana: Zapf Chancery alternate glyphs never digitized
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Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used
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