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Johann Gutenberg 42-Line Bible Blackletter (1454-1455)
A minimalist reproduction of some of the more than 270 characters estimated to have made up the type sort for Johannes Gutenberg's 42-line Bible of…
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Black Letter / Gothic Typefaces
Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus note: "Group of typefaces characterized by heavy faces and angular outlines, based on Gothic hand-written…
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The Type that Changed the World : The Enigma of Gutenberg's B42 Type
The more we look at the printed letters of Johannes Gutenberg's famous 42-line Bible, the more strange and enigmatic his...
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Grandjean-Simonneau Romain du Roi (1702)
A digitization of Phillipe Grandjean's Romain du Roi type from the book Médailles sur les principaux événements du règne de Louis le Grand (1702), the…
Engraving of Johannes Enschedé by Cornelis van Noorde
An engraving of Johannes Enschedé (1708-1780), owner of the Enschedé printing house in Haarlem with his father Izaak Enschedé. Johannes Enschedé…
Johann Gutenberg 42-Line Bible Blackletter (1454-1455)
A minimalist reproduction of some of the more than 270 characters estimated to have made up the type sort for Johannes Gutenberg's 42-line Bible of…