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Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna
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Serif Magazine (90s)
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Christopher Slye
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Aelyn - Influence or plagiarism?
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April 19
Calibri Strikes Again
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Thomas Phinney
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"Scotch Rules"
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Mark Simonson
April 6
Witch Fever: William Morris' Claim to Infamy
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John Savard
March 31
Handwriting ? On An Old German Wool Soft Felt Hat Sweatband
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Hutmann
March 21
Please help identify possible age of this carved Number?
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March 5
A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)
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Chess Diagram Characters
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Tilted font
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Dictionary Diacritics
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December 2022
Did the printing press actually create more jobs for scribes - > AI today
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Vasil Stanev
December 2022
Ancient Roman Geometric Sans.
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Craig Eliason
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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October 2022
Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used
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August 2022
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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June 2022
Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
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German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
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Grawlixes
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The Serif: An attempt at deciphering its etymology
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April 2022
Historic Shop and Company Signs in Vienna
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April 2022
Origins and ancestors of "My Happy 70s" by Jan-Henrik Arnold
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Cory Maylett
April 2022
80's font idendtification
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Marc Oxborrow
March 2022
Printers’ (Typographers’) Rulers
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Large specimen book storage
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Photo Typeface?
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Some interesting magazine typography from 1988 .
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