History of Typography

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• Why no movable type revolution in Asia in the countries that have a limited number of characters?

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• Margo Chase & Madonna

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• On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs

  192 views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Matthijs Herzberg June 17
• Pronunciation of "De Vinne"

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• Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces

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• John A. Lane on the history of printing types at the Plantin Institute

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• Three Imprints

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• Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)

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• Leroy, Gorton, and Standardgraph

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• Phototype services around the world

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• Looking for Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed

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• A Grand Romance

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• TypoGraphic Journal STD

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• German Script Assistance, Antique Melone / Bowler Hat

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• What does the OpenType font "Open" mean?

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• A Mythical DIN

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• Centidot Contempora (ry) from Photo-Lettering

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• Série 16

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• Chess Diagram Characters

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• Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age

  985 views 59 comments 1 point Most recent by Claudio Piccinini February 15
• A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)

  181 views 8 comments 2 points Most recent by John Hudson February 14
• The Number sign—now and then—across languages.

  401 views 31 comments 1 point Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian February 7
• Bradbury Thompson, Alphabet 26, 1950 – permissions for book

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• Knuth Scotch

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• Herbert Bayer

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• WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

  362 views 12 comments 1 point Most recent by Claudio Piccinini December 2020
• Hanzi machine

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• Book and Regular – who started?

  172 views 4 comments -1 point Most recent by Matthijs Sluiter December 2020
• Cairo Hieroglyph typecaster

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• Question about identifying font type

  231 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Jörgen December 2020