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  • Sep 14, 2026, 3:00 PM

    TYPA, the printing and paper center in Tartu, has been building a database of its wood and metal type collection. This could help digital type designers today, but they’re using the digital data to make type in physical formats, too. Read Paweł Schulz’s article about what has been going on here: fontstand.com/news/essays/cons

    Close-up photograph showing a metal-type ampersand sort, with ruler units for measurement on the left and bottom sides. The ampersand is from the Tiemann typeface in the 48 pt. size.
    A screenshot showing the first thing visitors see when entering the Constellations database. It is a full list of the font families contained in it. The image shows the first six of them: Admiral, Aktsidents Grotesk, Luksus, Appell, Arabella, and Ariston.
    Screenshot from the public preview of the database website (constellations.typa.ee). It shows the names of 12 typefaces in the database.
    Screenshot from Robofont showing a .UFO file with photographs of metal type sorts from Bogatör Bold in 48 pt.
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