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Hi everybody!
I know you have some links, Share them! :)
1. This page is from the University of Strasbourg they have a lot of digitalized old books, with awesome resolution!
http://num-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr:8080/view/century/
2. Rarebook room, they have a original bodoni specimen!
http://www.rarebookroom.org/indexA.html
3. This are all of Penmanship, very interesting PDF's!!!
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=lcsubc&key=...
4. This link has some old borders and initials
5. This link has the best PDF's of calligraphy and penmanship ready to download
http://www.iampeth.com/books.php
This are a great source of inspiration for me,
Hope they'll be for you too!
Best regards,
Fernando
30 Jul 2010 — 11:06pm
Thanks for sharing.
31 Jul 2010 — 5:52pm
Found a new one:
6. Octavo
http://www.octavo.com/index.html
Come on! I know you have some links!!!
:)
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31 Jul 2010 — 8:50pm
Wow. These links are ****ing amazing! Thanks for ruining my night, I was gonna to bed early.
31 Jul 2010 — 9:04pm
:)
Glad I could help!
1 Aug 2010 — 8:23am
archive.org has hundreds of great texts on (or showcasing) typography.
The trick is to track it all down.
Some starting points:
http://www.archive.org/details/typographyadver00trezgoog
http://www.archive.org/details/ThePracticeOfTypography (I'm reading this now-very good)
Type specimens:
http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924014559730
http://www.archive.org/details/convenientbookof00allirich
http://www.archive.org/details/cataloguebookofs00clevrich
http://www.archive.org/details/specimensandpri00incgoog
http://www.archive.org/details/printingtypespec00millrich
http://www.archive.org/details/pacificcoastblue00amerrich
http://www.archive.org/details/alphabeticalinde00daviuoft
http://www.archive.org/details/typographicspec00cogoog
http://www.archive.org/details/specimensofprint00amerrich
http://www.archive.org/details/fifteenthbookofs00cincrich
http://www.archive.org/details/specimensoflinot00trowrich
And if that isn't enough:
http://www.archive.org/details/floralfantasyino00cranrich
Some lovely art deco illustration with hand lettering
I've been searching through this archive for years and still find new treasures every time I visit.
1 Aug 2010 — 8:38am
Nice! ;)
2 Aug 2010 — 12:49am
Thanks for the great resources. Although featuring mainly illustrations, this blog regularly publishes impressive material.
1 Oct 2012 — 8:39am
http://typophile.com/node/84663
1 Oct 2012 — 10:28am
I am rather fond of the page I have from a missal, printed in Venice in 1525. And two leaves from “The Canterbury Tales” from about the same time. And a couple of leaves from “De Boecken genaemt Apocryphe,” Dordeccht, 1618-1619.
Of course, my autographs of four of the five original Rolling Stones (Brian Jones didn't sign) is pretty cool, too…