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• Visible Language archive issues freely downloadable

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

  2K views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson November 2023
• Origins of PT Serif

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

  1.5K 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)

  697 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?

  1.4K views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson July 2023
• Evert Bloemsma and FF Balance

  618 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by elliott June 2023
• Non-Latin blackletter

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

  5.3K views 56 comments 2 points Most recent by Alan Bernard Hughes June 2023
• Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna

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

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

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

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

  1.1K views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson April 2023
• Witch Fever: William Morris' Claim to Infamy

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

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

  323 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
• Tilted font

  577 views 8 comments 1 point Most recent by Yves Michel January 2023
• Dictionary Diacritics

  474 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Helmut Wollmersdorfer December 2022
• Did the printing press actually create more jobs for scribes - > AI today

  1.2K views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev December 2022
• Ancient Roman Geometric Sans.

  712 views 6 comments 5 points Most recent by Craig Eliason December 2022
• “Type is a beautiful group of letters…” Who said this?

  1.1K views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard November 2022
• Does anyone know who invented ink traps, or what year they were first used

  1K views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn August 2022
• Notes on the rendering of Garamond and Caslon typefaces when set at small sizes. Also, a request.

  1.3K views 22 comments 0 points Most recent by Fiz de la Peña August 2022
• Grotesk / Grotesque

  526 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Daniel Riley June 2022