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Would you like to own a typographer's mould?
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Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
May 2018
Looking for info on an old brand
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Type design critique, 1909
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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?
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Chris Lozos
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Sans-serif with spurs on i, n, t, and a
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David Perry
February 2018
Favourite Figures?
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Peiran Tan
February 2018
Looking for examples of Latin and Non-Latin side-by-side communication
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Martina Brillante
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German ch and ck ligs
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Nick Shinn
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Interview with Piet Jacobs, ex Joh. Enschedé’s typefounder
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Eth and Thorn - historical forms
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Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
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What are the names for styles of the digit one?
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January 2018
Ancient printed arabic numerals ?
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ivan louette
November 2017
Interesting digital type history videos
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Beau Williamson
November 2017
What was the very first typeface described as “feminine”?
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Wolf Böse
November 2017
Modular scripts project: looking for information about writing instruction
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Maurice Meilleur
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The faces of Microsoft
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Mike Duggan
October 2017
Playboy
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Nick Shinn
September 2017
Information on Bronislav Malý 's Cantoria Typeface
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Adam Twardoch
September 2017
Does that “y” exist?
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Old neon signage in Germany
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August 2017
This Just In: Linotype Master Drawings
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Kent Lew
August 2017
Two Types: The Faces of Britain
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August 2017
"Two Types: The Faces of Britain" – BBC documentary on monday
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KP Mawhood
July 2017
Gutenberg's B42's x-height?
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Ramiro Espinoza
July 2017
Joshef Moxon lead of imaginary langage made for John Wilkins
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Simon Cozens
June 2017
There's two variants of old cursive/script lowercase d – rules on usage?
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Nick Shinn
June 2017
‹y› with a clear baseline
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Nick Shinn
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Paul Renner’s Die Kunst der Typographie
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