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⛩️ The Evolution of Japanese Typography: From the Edo Period to Today
By Vicki Tinnel
at @typoguru@typo.social
#JapaneseTypography #Typography #TypographyGuru

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White text on blue background "The Evolution of Japanese Typography: From the Edo Period to Today". Below part of the illustration Suruga Street (Suruga-cho) From the Series One Hundred Famous views of Edo, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.
August 26, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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How I digitize old letterpress fonts with the Glyphs font editor
by Ralf Herrmann @opentype @TypographyGuru @typoguru@typo.social @opentype@typo.social
#DigitizeOldLetterpress #Glyphs #typography #vintagefonts #OldLetterpress

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YouTube cover featuring Ralf Herrmann on green background with metal movable type on the left (a backwards R) , with arrow in red in the center, and blackletter R in white on the right.
February 8, 2024 at 12:50 PM
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✨ Letter Library platform by Ralf Herrmann Tw @opentype @TypographyGuru
Information about type specimens and scans of type specimens
Web: letterlibrary.org
#typography #Specimen #FontSpecimen
to my Typography Resources:
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Type specimen on book cover, by author Prof. Hans Schreiber | Entwurf und textliche Gestaltung. First third with red background and white text title: "Schriften Für Schule und Beruf". Below in black text, name of the publisher: "F.SOENNECKEN BONN" The rest 2/3, with paper color background (slightly pink) with gothic black text: "Soennecken-Schrifthefte: Gotisch"
August 28, 2023 at 9:13 PM
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Nice timing. I was just enjoying this 1944 ATF process brochure at @Lett_Arc today. https://x.com/TypographyGuru/status/641522103691411456
October 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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💵 Hiding in Plain Sight: The Story Behind the Mysterious ¤ Symbol
by Ralf Herrmann - Typography Guru @TypographyGuru @typoguru@typo.social
#typography #Symbol #currency

youtu.be/SxREvNbVSY0
¤ Symbol in white on greyish green mutted background accompanied by picture of Ralf Herrmann pointing up with the index finger
January 23, 2024 at 10:27 PM
jaukia.bsky.social
How a phototypesetting machine works by @TypographyGuru, interesting! I wonder if you could do any weird photographic effects, like out-of-focus type or tilt-shifting, with the machines? Or fonts with colors?...
November 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
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@TypographyGuru @opentype Wikipedia says, this »й« is normally used in italics, but sometimes also in regular fonts: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cyrillic-italics-nonitalics.png
November 9, 2024 at 11:07 PM