History of Typography

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• What is a contemporary typeface?

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• ClearType Font collection Booklets

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• Is There Such a Thing as a Crystal Goblet?

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

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

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• Looking for examples of Latin and Non-Latin side-by-side communication

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

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

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

  704 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian January 2018
• What are the names for styles of the digit one?

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• Ancient printed arabic numerals ?

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

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

  1.4K views 43 comments 2 points Most recent by Wolf Böse November 2017
• Modular scripts project: looking for information about writing instruction

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

  294 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Mike Duggan October 2017
• Playboy

  508 views 2 comments 4 points Most recent by Nick Shinn September 2017
• Information on Bronislav Malý 's Cantoria Typeface

  285 views 2 comments 3 points Most recent by Adam Twardoch September 2017
• Does that “y” exist?

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• Old neon signage in Germany

  63 views 0 comments 9 points Started by Andreas Stötzner August 2017
• This Just In: Linotype Master Drawings

  346 views 3 comments 9 points Most recent by Kent Lew August 2017
• Two Types: The Faces of Britain

  674 views 13 comments 4 points Most recent by KP Mawhood August 2017
• "Two Types: The Faces of Britain" – BBC documentary on monday

  283 views 0 comments 2 points Started by KP Mawhood July 2017
• Gutenberg's B42's x-height?

  121 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Ramiro Espinoza July 2017
• Joshef Moxon lead of imaginary langage made for John Wilkins

  234 views 1 comment 1 point Most recent by Simon Cozens June 2017
• There's two variants of old cursive/script lowercase d – rules on usage?

  647 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn June 2017
• ‹y› with a clear baseline

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• Paul Renner’s Die Kunst der Typographie

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• Where is Arabic Italic originating from?

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• Information regarding a late 17th-18th century Dutch colonial document

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• Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?

  1.8K views 61 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian April 2017