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• The Six Basic Typefaces of Massimo Vignelli

  549 views 15 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard December 1Technique and Theory
• Typography Summer School (University of Antwerp)

  1.3K views 12 comments 1 point Most recent by LeMo aka PatternMan aka Frank E Blokland September 11Education
• The future of type

  3.5K views 75 comments 12 points Most recent by Eris Alar August 3Technique and Theory
• Grotesk / Grotesque

  416 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Daniel Riley June 15History of Typography
• Year-long lecture series on “The Age of the Writing Master and the Origins of English Roundhand”

  190 views 3 comments 3 points Most recent by Phan January 28Events
• WF Schelter Antiqua, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

  507 views 12 comments 1 point Most recent by Claudio Piccinini December 2020History of Typography
• 1917 Book of Letters: fun examples of Greek Type Design

  352 views 4 comments 5 points Most recent by Jacob Casal August 2020History of Typography
• WF Habsburg, another Art Nouveau Revival, fresh from the oven!

  178 views 4 comments 2 points Most recent by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) August 2020History of Typography
• WF Wallenstein, another resurrected Art Nouveau type

  260 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles July 2020History of Typography
• Ismar David's typefaces for Photo-Lettering

  295 views 3 comments 0 points Most recent by María Ramos July 2020History of Typography
• WF Ovid, another Art Nouveau resurrection

  457 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by ivan louette May 2020History of Typography
• Introducing Arpona Typeface

  75 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Felix Braden May 2020 Type Releases
• Quotes about typography, not by white guys...

  999 views 15 comments 3 points Most recent by Russell McGorman April 2020Education
• The middle spur of the minuscule “l” in French type designs, historically up to today.

  1K views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Stephen Coles January 2020History of Typography
• 30th anniversary of TrueType

  466 views 10 comments 7 points Most recent by Nick Shinn September 2019Font Technology
• The Joh. Enschedé type-specimen collection

  526 views 6 comments 9 points Most recent by George Thomas June 2019History of Typography
• Regular newspapers made with manual typesetting

  197 views 7 comments 0 points Most recent by Hrant Հրանդ Փափազեան Papazian May 2019History of Typography
• ATF Typesetter Question

  307 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by John Savard April 2019Font Technology
• Somebody Agrees with Hrant about Black-Letter

  1.8K views 77 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney March 2019Technique and Theory
• Phinney’s TheFontDetective.com

  876 views 27 comments 5 points Most recent by Rob Barba March 2019Miscellaneous News
• Penrose Annuals for sale

  515 views 4 comments 2 points Most recent by Nick Shinn November 2018Miscellaneous News
• Type design critique, 1909

  380 views 5 comments 5 points Most recent by Theunis de Jong April 2018History of Typography
• What is a contemporary typeface?

  1.7K views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Visi April 2018History of Typography
• Sans-serif with spurs on i, n, t, and a

  260 views 2 comments 0 points Most recent by David Perry February 2018History of Typography
• Interesting digital type history videos

  85 views 0 comments 9 points Started by Beau Williamson November 2017 History of Typography
• Modular scripts project: looking for information about writing instruction

  51 views 0 comments 3 points Started by Maurice Meilleur November 2017 History of Typography
• A new wood type revival with a terrible name.

  41 views 0 comments 0 points Started by Oliver Weiss (Walden Font Co.) October 2017 Type Releases
• Origins of Python in Type Design

  1.1K views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney August 2017Font Technology
• This Just In: Linotype Master Drawings

  351 views 3 comments 9 points Most recent by Kent Lew August 2017History of Typography
• ‹y› with a clear baseline

  285 views 8 comments 0 points Most recent by Nick Shinn June 2017History of Typography