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Grotesk / Grotesque
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Josef Pichler & Sons, Graz paper bag
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Nick Shinn
May 16
German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat
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Hutmann
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Grawlixes
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The Serif: An attempt at deciphering its etymology
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Rob Barba
April 24
Historic Shop and Company Signs in Vienna
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Origins and ancestors of "My Happy 70s" by Jan-Henrik Arnold
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Cory Maylett
April 9
Aelyn - Influence or plagiarism?
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Fiz de la Peña
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80's font idendtification
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Marc Oxborrow
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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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Chris Lozos
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What is the correct term for combining italic lowercase with upright roman caps?
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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
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December 2021
John L. Renshaw (Spartan)
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John Savard
December 2021
A Mythical DIN
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Chess Diagram Characters
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"All the old fellows stole our best ideas." Source?
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John Savard
November 2021
Retro style 70s font...opinions please
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Ronaldson Old Style
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John Savard
October 2021
A directory of type foundry catalogs available online
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Helmut Wollmersdorfer
October 2021
favourite sources for metal type research
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Stephen Coles
October 2021
Margo Chase & Madonna
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Vasil Stanev
October 2021
Looking for a copy of 1985 VGC specimen to document Aldo Novarese contributions.
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Florian Hardwig
September 2021
Grunge Typography
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Eris Alar
September 2021
Why no movable type revolution in Asia in the countries that have a limited number of characters?
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Helmut Wollmersdorfer
August 2021
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