History of Typography

Discussion List

• On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs

  210 views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Matthijs Herzberg June 2021
• Pronunciation of "De Vinne"

  483 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Yves Michel June 2021
• Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces

  2.8K views 111 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini June 2021
• John A. Lane on the history of printing types at the Plantin Institute

  169 views 0 comments 2 points Started by Ramiro Espinoza June 2021
• Three Imprints

  275 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by [Deleted User] June 2021
• Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)

  385 views 16 comments 2 points Most recent by Dave Crossland June 2021
• Leroy, Gorton, and Standardgraph

  111 views 1 comment 4 points Most recent by Helmut Wollmersdorfer May 2021
• Phototype services around the world

  258 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles April 2021
• Looking for Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed

  277 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Ralph Smith April 2021
• TypoGraphic Journal STD

  354 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Ray Larabie April 2021
• What does the OpenType font "Open" mean?

  413 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by GregHitchcock March 2021
• Centidot Contempora (ry) from Photo-Lettering

  226 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Fiz de la Peña March 2021
• Série 16

  208 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Fiz de la Peña March 2021
• Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age

  1.1K views 59 comments 1 point Most recent by Claudio Piccinini February 2021
• A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)

  242 views 8 comments 2 points Most recent by John Hudson February 2021
• The Number sign—now and then—across languages.

  489 views 31 comments 1 point Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian February 2021
• Bradbury Thompson, Alphabet 26, 1950 – permissions for book

  316 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Daniel Benjamin Miller January 2021
• Knuth Scotch

  1K views 32 comments 0 points Most recent by Daniel Benjamin Miller January 2021
• Herbert Bayer

  174 views 1 comment 4 points Most recent by John Nolan January 2021
• WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

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

  261 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Curtis December 2020
• Book and Regular – who started?

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

  81 views 0 comments 1 point Started by ivan louette December 2020
• Question about identifying font type

  245 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Jörgen December 2020
• Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna

  334 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard November 2020
• Will digital fonts ever enter the retro fashion cycle?

  312 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos November 2020
• Mid-70s Lettering Effects Service

  926 views 20 comments 0 points Most recent by Ralph Smith November 2020
• Looking for information on early-twentieth-century letterpress book face

  527 views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Joshua Langman October 2020
• Reason for this kind of double quotation marks

  1.5K views 39 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev October 2020
• 1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design

  337 views 4 comments 5 points Most recent by Jacob Casal August 2020