#alphabets — Public Fediverse posts

Illustration by Gregorius Bock, from Beinecke MS 439 (ca. 1510).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/19ea90d0-9388-4088-a8c9-fedf37d75c5c

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Rob Cooper posted this to Facebook and I've never seen the collection in this way, despite being involved in getting each individual one printed.

I think we'll get a few more under our belt and then do some kind of standalone publication/special insert.

PS. The link he has in the post is https://bl.ag/join where you can get the latest issue (https://bl.ag/08). For back issues, visit https://bl.ag/backissues, noting that extremely limited stock remains of issues 03 (turquoise) and 05 (yellow).

#Alphabets #SignPainting #Lettering #Magazines

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3a7fbd5a-6f08-4e0a-934b-79a09f12f6b7

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/53b45fc2-3c47-4b5e-a86b-4221fd4670a5

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3254aeee-7443-4496-a42c-2c1d5914e8b2

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ca167e11-aa92-4cbb-b70f-57584fae9951

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1bf171b8-8fab-435d-bc4c-752b512a308c

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Illustration by Earl Harvey Lyall, from The Cubies’ ABC (1913).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/70fc093e-807a-408f-a27c-b301aaf2eb03

#easels #alphabets #painting #sitting #smoking #modernism #cubism #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Earl Harvey Lyall, from The Cubies’ ABC (1913).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/12bb5946-bb06-49c4-b9dc-dca391c1f898

#easels #alphabets #painting #portraiture #modernism #cubism #art #publicdomain

Cornell Chronicle: AI models make precise copies of cuneiform characters. “Along with Egyptian hieroglyphs, cuneiform is one of the oldest known forms of writing, and consists of more than 1,000 unique characters…. Researchers from Cornell and Tel Aviv University (TAU) have developed an approach called ProtoSnap that ‘snaps’ into place a prototype of a character to fit the individual […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/06/cornell-chronicle-ai-models-make-precise-copies-of-cuneiform-characters/

I just noticed, he says #India - not #भारत - even though it's mostly not in #English

https://youtube.com/shorts/YLfj2Kn6Ysk

What's the other #language ?

I recognise chai and a couple of numbers, but those are in a few languages?

I switched my keyboard to write one word to avoid deciding which #Latin #vowels to use.

I think the reason I've learned 5 other #alphabets and #abjads is mostly to avoid Latin vowels as much as possible in the most pretentious way possible.

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Are you in a non-english-speaking place? I'm looking for some paper-based raw #materials #printed in different #languages and #alphabets. Particularly:
* public transport tickets, maps
* warning stickers/posters
* defaced newspaper articles
* wierd or taboo posters for concerts, movements, propaganda etc.
* postcards
Can you help? I'd ask you to post them to the UK - in exchange I can send back similar or pay you :) #riso #litho please feel free to boost!