History of Typography

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• A directory of type foundry catalogs available online

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• favourite sources for metal type research

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• Margo Chase & Madonna

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• Looking for a copy of 1985 VGC specimen to document Aldo Novarese contributions.

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• Grunge Typography

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

  325 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Helmut Wollmersdorfer August 2021
• On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs

  219 views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Matthijs Herzberg June 2021
• 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)

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

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

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• Looking for Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed

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

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

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

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• Série 16

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• Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age

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• A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)

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

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

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

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• Herbert Bayer

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• WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

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

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• Book and Regular – who started?

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

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• Question about identifying font type

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