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• ATF Typesetter Question

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

  2K views 77 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney March 2019Technique and Theory
• Phinney’s TheFontDetective.com

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

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

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

  2.2K views 23 comments 0 points Most recent by Alex Visi April 2018History of Typography
• Sans-serif with spurs on i, n, t, and a

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

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

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

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

  1.2K views 13 comments 0 points Most recent by Thomas Phinney August 2017Font Technology
• This Just In: Linotype Master Drawings

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

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

  463 views 11 comments 0 points Most recent by Adam Jagosz March 2017Type Design Critiques
• Type Identification (Historical)

  1.3K views 14 comments 1 point Most recent by Fernando Díaz February 2017History of Typography
• Merchant of Alphabets

  1.2K views 25 comments 8 points Most recent by Doug Wilson February 2017History of Typography
• Monospaced fonts

  282 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?

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

  514 views 7 comments 1 point Most recent by elena Veguillas August 2016History of Typography
• Looking for "A Specimen of Printing Types by Fry, Steele, & Co"

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

  1.2K views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos July 2016Technique and Theory
• The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'

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

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

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

  334 views 6 comments 0 points Most recent by Hugh Wood December 2015History of Typography
• What were the first OpenType font releases? And when?

  1.9K views 44 comments 0 points Most recent by Deleted Account September 2015History of Typography
• Dagger Symbol Design

  3.4K views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos September 2015Technique and Theory
• Is this a 'w' ?

  1.2K views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Michael Vokits September 2015Technique and Theory
• O with swash below the baseline

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

  1.1K views 16 comments 2 points Most recent by Stephen Coles May 2015Technique and Theory