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On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs
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Matthijs Herzberg
June 2021
Pronunciation of "De Vinne"
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Yves Michel
June 2021
Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces
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Claudio Piccinini
June 2021
John A. Lane on the history of printing types at the Plantin Institute
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June 2021
Three Imprints
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June 2021
Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)
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Leroy, Gorton, and Standardgraph
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Phototype services around the world
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Looking for Richmond Old Style Bold Compressed
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TypoGraphic Journal STD
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What does the OpenType font "Open" mean?
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Centidot Contempora (ry) from Photo-Lettering
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Série 16
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Fiz de la Peña
March 2021
Characteres Elzeviriens: another French beauty from the Lead Age
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Claudio Piccinini
February 2021
A look at the Bulgarian Cyrillic Letter „в“ (uni0432 / uni0432.loclBGR)
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February 2021
The Number sign—now and then—across languages.
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Bradbury Thompson, Alphabet 26, 1950 – permissions for book
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WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type
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Hanzi machine
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Book and Regular – who started?
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December 2020
Cairo Hieroglyph typecaster
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Question about identifying font type
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December 2020
Strange "p" from Griffo in Bembo's De Aetna
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November 2020
Will digital fonts ever enter the retro fashion cycle?
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Mid-70s Lettering Effects Service
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November 2020
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October 2020
Reason for this kind of double quotation marks
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1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design
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August 2020
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