History of Typography

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• 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 ?

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• Interesting digital type history videos

  81 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

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

  291 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

  276 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

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

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

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

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

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

  235 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?

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

  262 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn June 2017
• Paul Renner’s Die Kunst der Typographie

  184 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Sander Pedersen May 2017
• Where is Arabic Italic originating from?

  2K views 28 comments 0 points Most recent by Georg Seifert May 2017
• Information regarding a late 17th-18th century Dutch colonial document

  277 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Robin Mientjes May 2017
• 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
• Q: "Moderately modern, but not futurist, book jacket design by Morrison"?

  291 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson March 2017
• Collecting/sharing unusual symbol designs

  141 views 0 comments 8 points Started by Wolf Böse March 2017
• (non-related) Hunting for paper Watermarks

  82 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by James Puckett March 2017
• Douglas McMurtrie biography

  121 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Dan Reynolds March 2017
• Type Identification (Historical)

  921 views 14 comments 1 point Most recent by Fernando Díaz February 2017
• William Morris Work (Hi-Def)

  202 views 1 comment 6 points Most recent by Chris Lozos February 2017
• Bram de Does Documentary

  283 views 3 comments 2 points Most recent by Ramiro Espinoza February 2017
• The Invention of the Arabic Typewriter

  461 views 4 comments 5 points Most recent by Deleted Account February 2017
• Modular type: your help finding good examples needed

  1.3K views 32 comments 4 points Most recent by Matt Heximer February 2017