Collections employees & archivists at the Deutsches Technikmuseum in Berlin have cataloged a large number of drawings for Berthold’s Diatype phototypesetting typefaces. Berthold made 2,100+ fonts for this product line, necessitating over 270,000 drawings!
I helped draft a German-language post on their work last week. Now, I’ve an English-language translation for you, too. Perhaps there are typefaces in the museum that are important to your upcoming research or practice?
https://www.typeoff.de/2023/10/hand-drawings-for-bertholds-phototypesetting-library/
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