History of Typography

Discussion List

• Organizing, storing (or even bothering to keep) late 20th Century typefoundry ephemera

  181 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles June 2015
• On the microagression of U+1F4A9

  321 views 6 comments 1 point Most recent by David Sudweeks March 2015
• This is not good

  761 views 21 comments 1 point Most recent by Russell McGorman March 2015
• What will the future of typography look like?

  2.3K views 33 comments 0 points Most recent by Russell McGorman March 2015
• An older Sami alphabet – unencoded characters?

  241 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Andreas Stötzner March 2015
• Two articles about lost and recovered type (in Toronto and London, respectively)

  221 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by joeclark February 2015
• Type ID: pre 1850s Didone

  202 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by jakob_runge February 2015
• Design variation between metal sizes of the same typeface

  431 views 3 comments 1 point Most recent by Wes Adams February 2015
• Fontsleuth: Lego instructions from the 1970s?

  461 views 9 comments 2 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney December 2014
• Inspired by François Guyot's work

  373 views 6 comments 1 point Most recent by Martin Silvertant November 2014
• Pre-digital typeface drawings question.

  2.2K views 31 comments 0 points Most recent by Martin Silvertant November 2014
• Alkmaar S

  521 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland November 2014
• Did European typesetters produce specimens?

  531 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Filip Blazek September 2014
• The New and Wonderful History of TrueType

  351 views 4 comments 1 point Most recent by Deleted Account August 2014
• Cultural cringe?

  831 views 16 comments 1 point Most recent by Georg Seifert August 2014
• Origin of Monotype Plantin

  583 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Deleted Account July 2014
• Collection de spécimens de caractères - 1517-2004

  131 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Stephen Coles July 2014
• Best value in historical reproductions

  371 views 14 comments 0 points Most recent by Ofir Shavit June 2014
• Codex, reincarnated

  231 views 4 comments 3 points Most recent by James Puckett June 2014
• Catich's "third book"?

  131 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos June 2014
• The best way to reproduce old printed specimens

  1.4K views 18 comments 1 point Most recent by Dave Crossland June 2014
• The ‘Punctus’ and his Friends: Medieval Punctuation

  111 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos May 2014
• How would you characterize today's typographic trend?

  871 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos May 2014
• A new research on Hebrew type face design

  181 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Jeff Kellem May 2014
• Best type specimen book ever? 1907 Types of the De Vinne press

  232 views 1 comment 9 points Most recent by Stephen Coles March 2014
• can someone explain the origin of the os/2 table's name?

  2.2K views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by Dave Crossland November 2013
• What is the earliest instance of a type foundry paying royalties?

  781 views 31 comments 0 points Most recent by Dave Crossland November 2013
• The National Typesetting Tournament Championship [1886]

  221 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Brock French November 2013
• What happened to VGC?

  1.4K views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Stephen Coles October 2013
• Seeking McGrew

  371 views 20 comments 0 points Most recent by Max Phillips October 2013