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High-Resolution Operina Scans
I'm not sure if this is the right forum but there doesn't seem to be a dedicated typography forum.
I'm looking for high-resolution scans from pages of Arrighi's La Operina, which is a classic manual ...
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What are some obscure/rare/endangered/extinct typographic symbols?
Just discovered the "asterism" today:
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Super cool. I had never heard of it or seen it before. Wikipedia has more about it.
What other typographic symbols are out there that were never all that ...
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What are the historical origins of Helvetica?
This issue of a typeface's heritage is of particular interest when attempting to pair faces. The nuances of related faces tend to harmonize well, whether that relation is grounded in history or the ...
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Blackletter fonts supporting long s and r rotunda?
I'm doing up a document in the style of the earliest printed documents. For this, I need to find a blackletter font that supports long s « ſ » and r rotunda « ꝛ ».
Are there any such fonts out ...
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Can the end of double spacing after periods be dated?
From this Slate article:
Hundreds of years ago some typesetters would end sentences with a double space, others would use a single space, and a few renegades would use three or four spaces. ...
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How to add catchwords using InDesign
Many books before 1800 used a feature called catchwords, repeating the first word of the page at the bottom of the previous page. Wikipedia has a small article on them and there's a good question ...
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What's the term used when the first word of one page is repeated at the end of the previous page?
There's a common feature in old typography where the first word of a page is repeated at the end of the previous page, usually right-aligned on a line by itself. This book from 1759 shows this ...
