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Matthew Carter's definition of 'revival'
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LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
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Different width of ellipse?
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Nick Shinn
February 2016
The Monotype Recorder (Digitalized)
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Edward Johnston's Birthday!
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Origins of Corporate typefaces
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What is “Unger” as an adjective?
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Short Monotype Descenders
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A Database of American Typeface Design Patents (1842-1899)
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Blackletter font on a 1932 diploma
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typophile.com, helvetica & fascism
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Dating Lettering on a Stone Carving
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Clarkson Book Support alternatives
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Digital Times (New) Roman
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You start blogging about fonts and this is what happens
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First typeface with a name?
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What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?
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Gong—how did they do this?
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This is not good
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Type ID: pre 1850s Didone
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Design variation between metal sizes of the same typeface
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Fontsleuth: Lego instructions from the 1970s?
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Inspired by François Guyot's work
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November 2014
Pre-digital typeface drawings question.
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Alkmaar S
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Did European typesetters produce specimens?
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