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The Type Heritage Project [THP] discovers and documents the histories of digital display fonts originally designed between c1800 and World War I:

Pre-digital tradename(s), year of issue, name and nationality of the designer and/or producer.

Based on many years of spare-time research (Bibliography), a series of textbooks is planned. Volume I explores quintessential Victorian faces, a spectacular trove of innovative gems.

Sample PDFs of typical specimen spreads and chapter introductions are available. Please sneak a peek!

This site is intended to supplement the THP textbook series with historical context interpreting all volumes and to become a history-intensive hangout for a community of researchers, revival font developers and forum participants.

There is so much more to come—please visit again soon!