History of Typography

Discussion List

• Looking for a Specimen of "Ovid" by Heinz Keune, published 1903 by Schelter & Giesecke

  257 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) April 2020
• Caslon's Pica Gothic

  496 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Craig Eliason April 2020
• Portuguese type specimens

  535 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles March 2020
• Interesting Omega and Phi Inscription

  320 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Vassilis Georgiou March 2020
• I finished another Art Nouveau Revival: WF Maria Theresia. Check it out!

  502 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by Cristóbal Henestrosa February 2020
• Detached ogonek and co.

  272 views 6 comments 7 points Most recent by Adam Jagosz February 2020
• Pressing On: The Letterpress Film

  341 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Mark Simonson February 2020
• Question about Panckoucke

  112 views 0 comments 0 points Started by ivan louette February 2020
• What is sharp S

  1.3K views 50 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard February 2020
• Who designed Prestige Elite?

  803 views 14 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard February 2020
• Purchasing old type-specimens

  758 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson January 2020
• Type making costs through the ages

  332 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Kaczun January 2020
• Granjon's late Cyrillics

  427 views 2 comments 12 points Most recent by Stefan Peev January 2020
• Request: examples of the Avoiuli writing system

  803 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by tabisini January 2020
• Vienna’s Last Signpainter

  266 views 6 comments 3 points Most recent by Nick Curtis January 2020
• Does any language use the straight quote as an orthographic letter?

  341 views 15 comments 1 point Most recent by John Hudson January 2020
• "A Near-Extinct Language Finds a Home in One Brooklyn" 100 Seke speakers in one building in Brooklyn

  102 views 0 comments 3 points Started by [Deleted User] January 2020
• Who owns DIN typeface? (Type questions about rights and public domain)

  740 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev January 2020
• Greek ligatures in modern fonts

  856 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn January 2020
• The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.

  1.1K views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles January 2020
• The History of Graphic Design in Iran

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

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

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

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

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

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

  1.7K views 45 comments 4 points Most recent by NickCurtis September 2019
• Inspiration for Times New Roman

  598 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 [Deleted User] September 2019
• Question: Characters in the Upper Case (diagram from Updike's Printing Types)

  459 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Karen Cheng August 2019