Type production at MacKellar, Smiths and Jordon
How type was made at the “Oldest American Type Foundry” at the end of the 19th century. In 1796 Binny & Ronaldson established the first permanent type foundry in the United States. The foundry was also known as The Philadelphia Type Foundry. In 1812 the foundry is supposed to have issued the first type specimen book ever produced in the United States. In 1833—after Binny and Ronaldson had retired—
The Multifaceted Design of the Lowercase Sharp S (ß)
The usefulness and design of the Capital Sharp S have been discussed a lot in recent years, but how should the lowercase version been designed? This article explains the different design models – where they come from, where they are appropriate and how they are designed. The sharp s (or “Eszett” as it is called in German) is a letter of the alphabet in Germany and Austria. The Unicode casing rules
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Getting to Know Monophoto Filmsetters (1963)
Pictures from the East-German type foundry Typoart
Sketches by Jan Tschichold
Typographic Myth Busting: What’s a Ligature, Anyway?
Gravers & Files—The lost art of type punch cutting
