Type History

Discussion List

• What is sharp S

  2.2K views 53 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard February 2024
• London Pixel Typeface

  391 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig February 2024
• Slashed and crossed digits anywhere …?

  242 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Denis Moyogo Jacquerye January 2024
• What do I change when editing SIL Open Source typeface?

  312 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Dave Crossland January 2024
• Typeface Error in The Boys in the Boat

  615 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson December 2023
• The existence of a letter foundry is at stake

  896 views 8 comments 5 points Most recent by Andreas Stötzner December 2023
• Are there any Texas Typographers?

  517 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by Paul Hanslow December 2023
• Obscure Zapfiana: Zapf Chancery alternate glyphs never digitized

  872 views 8 comments 3 points Most recent by Grant Hutchinson December 2023
• History of type communities, and its future?

  523 views 8 comments 1 point Most recent by John Hudson December 2023
• Visible Language archive issues freely downloadable

  512 views 9 comments 6 points Most recent by konrad ritter November 2023
• Late 1970s to Early 1980s typesetting

  2.3K views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson November 2023
• Origins of PT Serif

  949 views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Fiz de la Peña October 2023
• Opti Fonts (Castcraft Software Inc.)

  1.8K views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney October 2023
• When did Helvetica and Times New Roman reach such levels of influence?

  1.2K views 24 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard October 2023
• Matthew Carter's definition of 'revival'

  2.1K views 36 comments 0 points Most recent by Miles Newlyn September 2023
• A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)

  709 views 10 comments 3 points Most recent by John Savard August 2023
• Where to find old fonts?

  1.4K views 14 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig July 2023
• Ben Franklin and printing paper money

  251 views 1 comment 2 points Most recent by Mark Simonson July 2023
• Old-style Fonts?

  1.5K views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson July 2023
• Non-Latin blackletter

  625 views 8 comments 1 point Most recent by Vasil Stanev June 2023
• Chess Diagram Characters

  5.4K views 56 comments 2 points Most recent by Alan Bernard Hughes June 2023
• Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna

  758 views 16 comments 0 points Most recent by kfeuerherm May 2023
• Serif Magazine (90s)

  342 views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by Christopher Slye May 2023
• Aelyn - Influence or plagiarism?

  664 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Matthew Smith April 2023
• Calibri Strikes Again

  574 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney April 2023
• "Scotch Rules"

  1.2K views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson April 2023
• Witch Fever: William Morris' Claim to Infamy

  182 views 0 comments 2 points Started by John Savard March 2023
• Handwriting ? On An Old German Wool Soft Felt Hat Sweatband

  293 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Hutmann March 2023
• Please help identify possible age of this carved Number?

  322 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Dan Reynolds March 2023
• A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)

  2.3K views 33 comments 1 point Most recent by glennflei February 2023