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The Serif: An attempt at deciphering its etymology
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Rob Barba
April 2022
Historic Shop and Company Signs in Vienna
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Helmut Wollmersdorfer
April 2022
Origins and ancestors of "My Happy 70s" by Jan-Henrik Arnold
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Cory Maylett
April 2022
80's font idendtification
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Marc Oxborrow
March 2022
Printers’ (Typographers’) Rulers
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Andreas Stötzner
March 2022
Large specimen book storage
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Thomas Phinney
February 2022
Photo Typeface?
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Mark Simonson
February 2022
Some interesting magazine typography from 1988 .
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Most recent by
Chris Lozos
February 2022
What is the correct term for combining italic lowercase with upright roman caps?
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John Butler
February 2022
Origins of PT Serif
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Fiz de la Peña
February 2022
A Grand Romance
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February 2022
The origins of letter-spaced justification
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John Savard
January 2022
Font Submissions in the 1970's
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Florian Hardwig
December 2021
John L. Renshaw (Spartan)
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John Savard
December 2021
A Mythical DIN
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Fiz de la Peña
December 2021
"All the old fellows stole our best ideas." Source?
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John Savard
November 2021
Retro style 70s font...opinions please
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Fontfruits
November 2021
Ronaldson Old Style
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John Savard
October 2021
A directory of type foundry catalogs available online
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Most recent by
Helmut Wollmersdorfer
October 2021
favourite sources for metal type research
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Stephen Coles
October 2021
Margo Chase & Madonna
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Vasil Stanev
October 2021
Looking for a copy of 1985 VGC specimen to document Aldo Novarese contributions.
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Florian Hardwig
September 2021
Grunge Typography
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Eris Alar
September 2021
Why no movable type revolution in Asia in the countries that have a limited number of characters?
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Most recent by
Helmut Wollmersdorfer
August 2021
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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Ramiro Espinoza
June 2021
Three Imprints
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June 2021
Happy 25th Birthday, OpenType (May 6)
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Dave Crossland
June 2021
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