History of Typography

Discussion List

• Detached ogonek and co.

  232 views 6 comments 7 points Most recent by Adam Jagosz February 20
• Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

  341 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson February 20
• Question about Panckoucke

  111 views 0 comments 0 points Started by ivan louette February 15
• What is sharp S

  872 views 50 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard February 5
• Who designed Prestige Elite?

  671 views 14 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard February 3
• Purchasing old type-specimens

  422 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson January 30
• Type making costs through the ages

  321 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Kaczun January 27
• Granjon's late Cyrillics

  303 views 2 comments 12 points Most recent by Stefan Peev January 24
• Request: examples of the Avoiuli writing system

  384 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by tabisini January 21
• Vienna’s Last Signpainter

  261 views 6 comments 3 points Most recent by Nick Curtis January 14
• Does any language use the straight quote as an orthographic letter?

  281 views 15 comments 1 point Most recent by John Hudson January 13
• "A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn" 100 Seke speakers in one building in Brooklyn

  91 views 0 comments 3 points Started by James Montalbano January 7
• Who owns DIN typeface? (Type questions about rights and public domain)

  541 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev January 6
• Greek ligatures in modern fonts

  531 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn January 4
• The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.

  841 views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles January 3
• The History of Graphic Design in Iran

  242 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by ibrahim kactioglu December 2019
• Non-Latin digital incunabula?

  211 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson November 2019
• Augustine in Plantin's Museum ?

  231 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette November 2019
• Blackletter numerals

  151 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Vasil Stanev October 2019
• Inks and Papers in the context of historical font revivals

  381 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev October 2019
• Seeking additional specimens of "Fafner" by Schelter & Giesecke

  416 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) September 2019
• Scrunch!

  1.4K views 45 comments 4 points Most recent by NickCurtis September 2019
• Inspiration for Times New Roman

  561 views 20 comments 1 point Most recent by Maxim Zhukov September 2019
• Interesting piece on Type Casting in California

  131 views 0 comments 2 points Started by James Montalbano September 2019
• Question: Characters in the Upper Case (diagram from Updike's Printing Types)

  283 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Karen Cheng August 2019
• Historical background of De Vinne, Howland and other related late 19th century american typefaces

  1.2K views 49 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini August 2019
• favourite sources for metal type research

  291 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini August 2019
• Le Romain du Roi

  364 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles August 2019
• Freda Sack Obituary

  301 views 2 comments 1 point Most recent by Claudio Piccinini June 2019
• Ľ vs L’

  952 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Claudio Piccinini June 2019