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Eth and Thorn - historical forms
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Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
January 2018
What are the names for styles of the digit one?
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bjherbison
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
November 2017
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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John Savard
September 2017
Old neon signage in Germany
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Andreas Stötzner
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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KP Mawhood
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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June 2017
Paul Renner’s Die Kunst der Typographie
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Sander Pedersen
May 2017
Where is Arabic Italic originating from?
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Georg Seifert
May 2017
Information regarding a late 17th-18th century Dutch colonial document
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Robin Mientjes
May 2017
Is the term ‘foundry’ a proper name for digital companies?
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Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian
April 2017
Q: "Moderately modern, but not futurist, book jacket design by Morrison"?
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John Hudson
March 2017
Collecting/sharing unusual symbol designs
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Wolf Böse
March 2017
(non-related) Hunting for paper Watermarks
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James Puckett
March 2017
Douglas McMurtrie biography
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Dan Reynolds
March 2017
Type Identification (Historical)
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February 2017
William Morris Work (Hi-Def)
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Chris Lozos
February 2017
Bram de Does Documentary
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Ramiro Espinoza
February 2017
The Invention of the Arabic Typewriter
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February 2017
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