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Font Revival Brings 19th-Century Type Back to the Web

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An open collection of 13 historical typeface revivals, available in desktop and web formats under the MIT license.

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For: Type designers, web designers, and typography researchers
Worth noticing: Each revival includes OTF, TTF, WOFF2, a specimen PDF, and source references.

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Font Revival documents 13 typefaces reconstructed from named historical sources including Dickinson Type Foundery, Central Type Foundry, and Barnhart Brothers & Spindler. The entries distinguish details such as capitals-only coverage, true lowercase, monospaced construction, and paired overprinting faces. Visitors can test custom text in the browser before retrieving desktop and web font files, specimen PDFs, and source material.

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