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What will the future of typography look like?
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Russell McGorman
March 2015
An older Sami alphabet – unencoded characters?
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Andreas Stötzner
March 2015
Two articles about lost and recovered type (in Toronto and London, respectively)
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joeclark
February 2015
Type ID: pre 1850s Didone
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February 2015
Design variation between metal sizes of the same typeface
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Wes Adams
February 2015
Fontsleuth: Lego instructions from the 1970s?
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Thomas Phinney
December 2014
Inspired by François Guyot's work
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Martin Silvertant
November 2014
Pre-digital typeface drawings question.
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Martin Silvertant
November 2014
Alkmaar S
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LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland
November 2014
Did European typesetters produce specimens?
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Filip Blazek
September 2014
The New and Wonderful History of TrueType
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Cultural cringe?
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August 2014
Origin of Monotype Plantin
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July 2014
Collection de spécimens de caractères - 1517-2004
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July 2014
Best value in historical reproductions
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Ofir Shavit
June 2014
Codex, reincarnated
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James Puckett
June 2014
Catich's "third book"?
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June 2014
The best way to reproduce old printed specimens
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June 2014
The ‘Punctus’ and his Friends: Medieval Punctuation
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Chris Lozos
May 2014
How would you characterize today's typographic trend?
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A new research on Hebrew type face design
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Jeff Kellem
May 2014
Best type specimen book ever? 1907 Types of the De Vinne press
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Stephen Coles
March 2014
can someone explain the origin of the os/2 table's name?
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Dave Crossland
November 2013
What is the earliest instance of a type foundry paying royalties?
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Dave Crossland
November 2013
The National Typesetting Tournament Championship [1886]
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Brock French
November 2013
What happened to VGC?
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Stephen Coles
October 2013
Seeking McGrew
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Max Phillips
October 2013
Font production 111 years ago
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August 2013
What was “Japan paper”?
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What if,
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April 2013
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