typojo · @typojo
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30 April: Tibetan Calligraphy Day
/ The choice of 30 April as the date for Tibetan Calligraphy Day carries a special significance.
The Tibetan language has 30 consonants, while the fourth month of the year represents its four vowels.
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typojo · @typojo
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via Kristof Selleslach (archivist at MPM):
“The famous Le Bé type specimens are now available online. Guillaume Le Bé II sent his father’s Hebrew and Arabic type specimens to the Officina Plantiniana around 1598.”
https://dams.antwerpen.be/asset/B2Rotef7ckcfkVsYVtnnLi7H
#museumplantinmotetus #mpm #typojo
typojo · @typojo
135 followers · 6 posts · Server typo.social2023 MPM
via Kristof Selleslach (archivist at Museum Plantin-Moretus):
“One of the highlights for visiting type design and book history students is sammelband Arch. 153, including some of the rarest 16C type specimens. After conservation, the sammelband was fully digitised. The images can now be accessed in high res via:”
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typojo · @typojo
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Welcome to Brel, a new variable font by @typojo
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Typo Belgiëque breathes new life into Belgium’s historical typeface families – fonts – and previously unknown type foundries – quite literally.
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www.typobelgieque.be
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typojo · @typojo
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Accolades no 3 (in a series)
letterpress printed postcard with debossing
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‘Accolades no 1’, ‘Accolades no 2’ & ‘Accolades no 3’ now on sale. Purchase via https://tinyurl.com/typojo
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typojo · @typojo
102 followers · 2 posts · Server typo.socialJulio Le Parc – Cercle en contorsion sur trame (1966) – KMSKA Antwerpen
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#opart #opticalart #optical #kineticart #cineticart #kinetic #cinetic #minimalart #minimalartist #art #julioleparc #leparc #kmska #typojo #studiotype
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