James Moseley on where to find great type specimens

Materials of Typefounding is an excellent list of where to go to find the best old type specimens.

The James Moseley on where to find great type specimens by David Crossland, except the quotations and unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

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