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• What is a contemporary typeface?

  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

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

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

  62 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

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

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

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

  1.1K views 14 comments 1 point Most recent by Fernando Díaz February 2017History of Typography
• Merchant of Alphabets

  1.1K views 25 comments 8 points Most recent by Doug Wilson February 2017History of Typography
• Monospaced fonts

  273 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?

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

  481 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"

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

  1.1K views 17 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos July 2016Technique and Theory
• The legend of Eisenhower’s Skinny 'S'

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

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

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

  321 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

  3.2K views 19 comments 0 points Most recent by Chris Lozos September 2015Technique and Theory
• Is this a 'w' ?

  1.1K views 29 comments 0 points Most recent by Michael Vokits September 2015Technique and Theory
• O with swash below the baseline

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

  910 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)

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

  232 views 4 comments 0 points Most recent by [Deleted User] December 2014Type Design Critiques
• How would you characterize today's typographic trend?

  808 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

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

  221 views 9 comments 0 points Most recent by PabloImpallari March 2014Technique and Theory