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• Type design critique, 1909

  343 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Theunis de Jong April 7History of Typography
• ‹y› with a clear baseline

  261 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn June 2017History of Typography
• Pertho - rune-inspired slab serif

  358 views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Adam Jagosz March 2017Type Design Critiques
• Type Identification (Historical)

  560 views 14 comments 1 point Most recent by Fernando Díaz February 2017History of Typography
• Merchant of Alphabets

  896 views 25 comments 7 points Most recent by Doug Wilson February 2017History of Typography
• Monospaced fonts

  211 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn December 2016History of Typography
• Which historical designs are known as some of the best italics ever drawn?

  222 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by PabloImpallari October 2016History of Typography
• Habsburg Spain type design?

  325 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by elena Veguillas August 2016History of Typography
• The future of type

  1.7K views 51 comments 10 points Most recent by Ofir Shavit August 2016Technique and Theory
• Looking for "A Specimen of Printing Types by Fry, Steele, & Co"

  222 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Thierry Blancpain July 2016History of Typography
• Fraction Slash

  383 views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos July 2016Technique and Theory
• The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'

  171 views 3 comments 8 points Most recent by Nick Shinn June 2016History of Typography
• Edward Johnston's Birthday!

  71 views 0 comments 7 points Started by Fernando Díaz February 2016 History of Typography
• Origins of Corporate typefaces

  556 views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by Miles Newlyn February 2016History of Typography
• Dating Lettering on a Stone Carving

  222 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Hugh Wood December 2015History of Typography
• Origin of mechanical slant

  275 views 13 comments 2 points Most recent by Frode Bo Helland (inactive) December 2015Technique and Theory
• What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?

  1.3K views 44 comments 0 points Most recent by Deleted Account September 2015History of Typography
• Dagger Symbol Design

  1.2K views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos September 2015Technique and Theory
• Is this a 'w' ?

  686 views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Michael Vokits September 2015Technique and Theory
• O with swash below the baseline

  304 views 8 comments 1 point Most recent by Deleted Account August 2015Technique and Theory
• Proper way of designing the “@” symbol

  623 views 16 comments 2 points Most recent by Stephen Coles May 2015Technique and Theory
• Two articles about lost and recovered type (in Toronto and London, respectively)

  213 views 5 comments 1 point Most recent by joeclark February 2015History of Typography
• revival-paradigms

  221 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by Reymund Schröder December 2014Type Design Critiques
• How would you characterize today's typographic trend?

  714 views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos May 2014History of Typography
• Best type specimen book ever? 1907 Types of the De Vinne press

  172 views 1 comment 9 points Most recent by Stephen Coles March 2014History of Typography
• American lettering between Atkinson and art deco

  201 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by PabloImpallari March 2014Technique and Theory
• Change in the production process.

  142 views 1 comment 0 points Most recent by Scott-Martin Kosofsky February 2014Technique and Theory
• What is the earliest instance of a type foundry paying royalties?

  644 views 31 comments 0 points Most recent by Dave Crossland November 2013History of Typography
• Miller and Richard information sources.

  111 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by George Thomas February 2013Technique and Theory
• What is canon?

  363 views 5 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn September 2012Education