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A reference companion to the museum — curated topic sections that go deeper on the subjects behind the collection. Every entry, image, and fact is drawn from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.
Letterform Anatomy
The parts every letter is built from — x-height and baseline, ascenders and descenders, counters and terminals, kerning, ligatures, and the em and point units that measure them.
9 entriesCalligraphy Tools & Technique
The instruments and materials of hand lettering — dip pens and quills, ink and nibs, the papers and vellum that hold a stroke, and historic hands like rustic and square capitals.
13 entriesType Classification & Design
How typefaces are designed and grouped — slab serif and monospaced and variable fonts, landmark designs like Univers, Futura, and Times New Roman, and the designers behind them.
9 entriesLettering in History & Culture
Where letters came from — the history of writing and the alphabet, Trajan's Column and illuminated manuscripts, calligraphy traditions from Arabic to Chinese, and ancient scripts like hieroglyphs, cuneiform, and runes.
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