History of Typography

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• How would you characterize today's typographic trend?

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• A new research on Hebrew type face design

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• Best type specimen book ever? 1907 Types of the De Vinne press

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• can someone explain the origin of the os/2 table's name?

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• What is the earliest instance of a type foundry paying royalties?

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• The National Typesetting Tournament Championship [1886]

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• What happened to VGC?

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• Seeking McGrew

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• Font production 111 years ago

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• What was “Japan paper”?

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• What if,

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• Will there be 'classic' typefaces in the future?

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• Is ubiquity of a typeface good or bad?

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• Font character counts

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• When did serif type replace blackletter?

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• What are the oldest type drawings?

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• Outstanding typographic Copperplate interpretations?

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• Using traps as an aesthetic device

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