Sample of Microsoft’s core fonts for the web, released in 1996, rendered on Internet Explorer on Windows 7.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web

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Laser cutter, 1/8" Birch wood
http://www.jesseengland.net/project/addressable-text-rubbing-device/

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> Means of production > Printing > Analog > Typography > Typographic history > Typographic technology > Moveable Type > Typefaces > Arial > Typesetting > Translation > Digital/Analog > Digital Conversion

The top line is a printed sample of the Perpetua typeface, taken from On Type Designs Past and Present by Stanley Morison (London: Ernest Benn, 1962), p. 79. The bottom line is a digital sample of Perpetua generated using GIMP software.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comparison_of
_printed_and_digital_versions_of_Perpetua.png

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In 1931, The Times of London newspaper commissioned Monotype to create a new serifed typeface, Times Roman.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/thirty-years-monotypes-times-new-roman-arial-windows-greg-hitchcock/

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Side-by-side comparison of the outlined bezier paths of Arial and Areal by Dinamo Typefaces.
https://www.are.na/editorial/introducing-areal-are-nas-new-typeface

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Untitled TikTok video of @Litttle.einstein replying to a comment from @archandcrafts.
https://www.tiktok.com/@litttle.einstein/video/7464336250653248799

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> Typography > Fonts > Comic Sans MS > Translation > Replica > Memory > Hand Lettering > Freehand > Popular culture > Virality > Means of production > Standardization

Inspired by a hastily handwritten restaurant menu.
http://www.identifont.com/show?3EM

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Based on the designer's handwriting, using a plain felt-tip pen on a basic calligraphic pad.
http://www.identifont.com/similar?1V4

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Papyrus, Curlz MT, Arial and Times New Roman, Comic Sans, and Bradley Hand (or any other "hand" fonts).
https://slimline-warehouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/5-typefaces-you-should-never-use-on.html

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A widely referenced list of typography rules used for book and print design.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xvcytseujuyxhlwjkbh8w/JohnGambell
_TypesettingChecklist.pdf?rlkey=0lsw8yci3zpcv2acg8qmzxzxf&e=2&dl=0

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Gorton, a monoline font made from a router-based technology dots various signage, elevator buttons, utility panels, plaques, and more throughout New York City.
https://aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-font-in-manhattan/

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A ghost sign and new parking signs in New York City.
https://hyperallergic.com/211670/recording-the-fading-local-typography-of-our-cities/

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User @cool_lookin_bug on Instagram redesigns a simple street flyer for a local service, using Adobe Illustrator to reimagine the visuals. But is it necessary?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CqqU3qst8z2/

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Examples of Comic Sans used in various applications.
https://dl.designresearchsociety.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1590&context=nordes

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Paul Sollelis discusses the term queer typography, citing key figures, literature, and movements in history and notes various designers actively practicing in the search of exploring this terminology.
https://soulellis.com/wiqt/

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Digitally rendered Letraset typographic specimen of Drummer magazine, an underground queer publication.
https://hottype.club/2019/08/13/hot-type-in-the-cold-type-era/

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Dennis Grauel's manifesto noting the various sociopolitical implications of typography.
https://dennisgrauel.com/type-manifesto

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What defines legibility in typography? What are the consequences of problematizing this model of surveillance? Paul Sollelis proposes these questions in his essay, What is Queer Typography?
https://monoskop.org/images/9/9b/Scott_James_C_Seeing_Like_
a_State_How_Certain_Schemes_to_Improve_the_
Human_Condition_1998.pdf

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Geoff Han explores the use of containers as a means of a generative process in his practice.
https://walkerart.org/magazine/physical-labor-an-interview-with-geoff-han

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Using appropriation as strategy, Fowler borrows texts from Gertrude Stein, calling attention to the multiple valences of language and its use.
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-eve-fowler-appropriates-gertrude-stein-at-mier-gallery

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