History of Typography

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• A Fun Find: Early Greek Didot (1790)

  821 views 31 comments 1 point Most recent by John Savard May 2019
• Type fiction

  1.6K views 57 comments 4 points Most recent by K Pease May 2019
• Rogers (for the Justowriter) Now Visible on the Web

  283 views 12 comments 6 points Most recent by John Savard March 2019
• Horace Carr

  306 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney March 2019
• Please Help Identify

  Closed 228 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by SiDaniels February 2019
• Help to fund the exhibition of Joh. Enschedé’s items

  408 views 12 comments 1 point Most recent by Ramiro Espinoza February 2019
• Women in History of Typography

  892 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette November 2018
• Fat-hatan on final Alef in Arabic

  460 views 12 comments 0 points Most recent by AzizMostafa November 2018
• Flickr will delete photos unless paid

  364 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by Stephen Coles November 2018
• Monotype Series 72–74

  238 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Florian Hardwig October 2018
• Looking for early examples of type designed for materials other than paper.

  504 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Jacques Le Bailly May 2018
• A reprint edition of Dutch Type is in preparation and you can now preorder it!

  287 views 3 comments 3 points Most recent by Beau Williamson May 2018
• Would you like to own a typographer's mould?

  1.3K views 29 comments 2 points Most recent by Hrant H. Papazian May 2018
• Looking for info on an old brand

  254 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Niche. April 2018
• Type design critique, 1909

  380 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Theunis de Jong April 2018
• What is a contemporary typeface?

  1K views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Visi April 2018
• ClearType Font collection Booklets

  189 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson March 2018
• Is There Such a Thing as a Crystal Goblet?

  519 views 11 comments 1 point Most recent by Chris Lozos February 2018
• Sans-serif with spurs on i, n, t, and a

  199 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by David Perry February 2018
• Favourite Figures?

  735 views 24 comments 0 points Most recent by Peiran Tan February 2018
• Looking for examples of Latin and Non-Latin side-by-side communication

  380 views 13 comments 1 point Most recent by Martina Brillante February 2018
• German ch and ck ligs

  614 views 10 comments 1 point Most recent by Nick Shinn February 2018
• Interview with Piet Jacobs, ex Joh. Enschedé’s typefounder

  318 views 7 comments 4 points Most recent by Dave Crossland January 2018
• Eth and Thorn - historical forms

  484 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant H. Papazian January 2018
• What are the names for styles of the digit one?

  371 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by bjherbison January 2018
• Ancient printed arabic numerals ?

  149 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette November 2017
• Interesting digital type history videos

  85 views 0 comments 9 points Started by Beau Williamson November 2017
• What was the very first typeface described as “feminine”?

  1.3K views 43 comments 2 points Most recent by Wolf Böse November 2017
• Modular scripts project: looking for information about writing instruction

  57 views 0 comments 3 points Started by Maurice Meilleur November 2017
• The faces of Microsoft

  300 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Mike Duggan October 2017