Type History

Discussion List

• 1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design

  423 views 4 comments 5 points Most recent by Jacob Casal August 2020
• WF Habsburg, another Art Nouveau Revival, fresh from the oven!

  224 views 4 comments 2 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) August 2020
• Looking for Black Pepper originals

  333 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney August 2020
• Extinct Oxford/Aitken?

  322 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by John Savard August 2020
• Dry Transfer Lettering — Germany — perhaps circa 1970 ?

  1.2K views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney July 2020
• ATF Typesetter Brochure Available

  161 views 1 comment 5 points Most recent by Russell McGorman July 2020
• Seeking specimens/examples for "Künstlerschrift Wodan", Stempel & Co. 1902/1906

  802 views 24 comments 0 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) July 2020
• Reviving French classics from the later Lead Age

  1.2K views 23 comments 1 point Most recent by John Savard July 2020
• WF Wallenstein, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

  392 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles July 2020
• Ismar David's typefaces for Photo-Lettering

  356 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by María Ramos July 2020
• Napoleon – the grandfather of smileys? (a 1881 find)

  262 views 2 comments 4 points Most recent by Vasil Stanev July 2020
• Unusual italic F in Times

  242 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Deactivated User July 2020
• Milton Glaser, type designer

  683 views 10 comments 3 points Most recent by Scott-Martin Kosofsky June 2020
• MT Fournier digital, I

  244 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Gary Long June 2020
• French vs. German book typeface

  2.9K views 18 comments 0 points Most recent by konrad ritter June 2020
• 1569, Granjon: quote, prime or apostrophe?

  414 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Matthijs Sluiter June 2020
• Which version/national cut of Times (New Roman)?

  1.4K views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by konrad ritter June 2020
• WF Ovid, another Art Nouveau resurrection

  702 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette May 2020
• Medieval Latin and Greek fonts

  473 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Andreas Stötzner May 2020
• Finished another Art Nouveau revival. This one fought me all the way; glad to see the back of it!

  651 views 27 comments 2 points Most recent by John Savard April 2020
• Looking for a Specimen of "Ovid" by Heinz Keune, published 1903 by Schelter & Giesecke

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  115 views 0 comments 0 points Started by ivan louette February 2020
• Who designed Prestige Elite?

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

  954 views 10 comments 0 points Most recent by John Hudson January 2020