love a good physical catalog, ngl
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Dan Burzo
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Designer, tool maker, web platform enthusiast, amateur archivist. Now: building a directory of contemporary independent type design.
The latest planted tomato seedlings, having spent way too much time indoors, are starting to catch up #gardening
Indeed, in an article called “A first step towards the emancipation of Romanian printing” in the the Nov-Dec 1925 issue of Grafica Română, Virgil Molin claims Arhaic Românesc to be the first typeface fully designed and developed in Romania.
„Anul trecut, Turnătoria noastră, înțelegând neajunsurile în cari se zbate tiparul românesc, a acceptat cu toată bunăvoința, propunerea d-ui Virgil Molin, prim-redactorul revistei «Grafica Română» din Craiova, de a scoate o garnitură de caractere specific românești.”
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The August 1926 issue of Grafica Română features a specimen for Arhaic Românesc, a metal typeface designed, engraved, and cast in Romania in the Cyrillic-meets-Latin style popular at the time. The claim of “the first” in the introductory paragraph is ambiguous due to the sentence structure, but it may be “a first“.
Clever use of Mercure’s epigraphy transcription glyphs for the identity of Field Meridians:
Since these games are often distributed in anonymous wooden boxes, provenance info is in short supply. This seems like a credible example, but it’s unclear if this is early plastic or some of the weird Communist-era plastics. Does the type scream any particular era?
Someș riverbanks in full meadow mode as the result of rewilding-forward project, immense win #bloomscrolling
My first wood refinishing project: these IKEA Ekenäset armchairs were supposed to have dark brown legs but in reality they were black. After ungodly amounts of sanding (the stain had profoundly penetrated the beech wood), restained them with Rubio Monocoat hardwax oil. PITA but worth it! #woodworking
