[7 years ago today]
I might have bought this book purely for the LO #ligature on the front. The G, C and A are also unusual. #typography #TypographyInTheWild #book #BookCover #SecondhandBook #LookingBackward #EdwardBellamy
(First posted 30 Aug. 2016 by me [@]munk_typography@instagram.com)
#ligature #typography #typographyinthewild #book #bookcover #secondhandbook #lookingbackward #edwardbellamy #bestofmygrams
[7 years ago today]
Kreativ placering af 7-tallet. #stencil #TypographyInTheWild #ligature #typography #ForskningensDøgn #Forskningens7Døgn
[Creative placement of the number 7 (i.e. inside the letter Ø).]
(First posted 28 Aug. 2016 by me [@]munk_typography@instagram.com)
#stencil #typographyinthewild #ligature #typography #forskningensdogn #forskningens7dogn #copenhagen #denmark #bestofmygrams
some #reclaimed #industrial #design objects for the #linguist's office 😍 fun fact: the #ampersand is not only a sought-after rarity as an illuminated #letter, its curious shape developed out of a #ligature of latin "et", and its funny name is a contraction of "and per se and" ☝🏻
#reclaimed #industrial #design #linguist #ampersand #letter #ligature
#Blackletter practice
#Calligraphy #Ligature
#ligature #calligraphy #blackletter
ſt swash ligature of Waltraute (digitized as Pavillon Gotisch) #letterpress #ligature
Currently listening to: Melvins - Bullhead #HeavyMetal #SludgeMetal #Melvins #Boris #ItsShoved #Ligature
#heavymetal #sludgemetal #melvins #boris #itsshoved #ligature
Title page of 1672 book, currently on display in the Greenwich observatory.
https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-588739
Today I learned that the usage of the ‘ß’ #ligature to replace the letters ‘SS’ was not limited to the German language: I just stumbled upon the word “Foßilia” in a 17th-century book written in English and Latin