History of Typography

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• John L. Renshaw (Spartan)

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• A Mythical DIN

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• "All the old fellows stole our best ideas." Source?

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• Retro style 70s font...opinions please

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• Ronaldson Old Style

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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?

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• On rationalization, flex nibs, and modern serifs

  233 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)

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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?

  442 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)

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• The Number sign—now and then—across languages.

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• Bradbury Thompson, Alphabet 26, 1950 – permissions for book

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• Knuth Scotch

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• Herbert Bayer

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