What are the oldest type drawings?

James Puckett
James Puckett Posts: 2,040
edited September 2012 in Type History
What are the oldest known preparatory drawings for type? The Romain du Roi?

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  • Kent Lew
    Kent Lew Posts: 1,030
    Hmm. That sounds about right. If you can call them that.
  • Alex Kaczun
    Alex Kaczun Posts: 164
    Mergenthaler Linotype had hand drawings in their archives (really large), about 16-18 inch cap height, dating back to early 1880-90s. I saw them. Alpha numeric drawings for the United States government (federal Reserve). Printing money I guess. A lot of other typefaces as well. I just seem to remember looking at the Federal stuff which had an incredible amount of parameter specs on each drawing. Really cool stuff.

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