History of Typography

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• Grotesk / Grotesque

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• Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag

  572 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn May 16
• German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat

  1.5K views 43 comments 0 points Most recent by Hutmann April 27
• Grawlixes

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

  328 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Rob Barba April 24
• Historic Shop and Company Signs in Vienna

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

  174 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Cory Maylett April 9
• Aelyn - Influence or plagiarism?

  335 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Fiz de la Peña April 7
• 80's font idendtification

  224 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Marc Oxborrow March 29
• Printers’ (Typographers’) Rulers

  287 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Andreas Stötzner March 6
• Large specimen book storage

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

  889 views 40 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson February 14
• Some interesting magazine typography from 1988 .

  492 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?

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

  295 views 9 comments 1 point Most recent by Fiz de la Peña February 3
• A Grand Romance

  806 views 27 comments 0 points Most recent by Fiz de la Peña February 1
• The origins of letter-spaced justification

  401 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard January 26
• Font Submissions in the 1970's

  460 views 15 comments 2 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig December 2021
• John L. Renshaw (Spartan)

  408 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard December 2021
• A Mythical DIN

  593 views 14 comments 0 points Most recent by Fiz de la Peña December 2021
• Chess Diagram Characters

  3.1K views 51 comments 2 points Most recent by Zerdeja December 2021
• "All the old fellows stole our best ideas." Source?

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

  319 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by Fontfruits November 2021
• Ronaldson Old Style

  215 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard October 2021
• A directory of type foundry catalogs available online

  359 views 3 comments 12 points Most recent by Helmut Wollmersdorfer October 2021
• favourite sources for metal type research

  521 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles October 2021
• Margo Chase & Madonna

  977 views 27 comments -1 point Most recent by Vasil Stanev October 2021
• Looking for a copy of 1985 VGC specimen to document Aldo Novarese contributions.

  257 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig September 2021
• Grunge Typography

  663 views 22 comments 1 point Most recent by Eris Alar September 2021
• Why no movable type revolution in Asia in the countries that have a limited number of characters?

  327 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Helmut Wollmersdorfer August 2021