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Research project focusing on the digitisation of historical typeface samples

The digitisation of typographic cultural heritage in Germany has taken a big step forward! In April 2025, four renowned institutions launched a groundbreaking project to bring historical typeface samples into the digital age: the German National Library, the Kunstbibliothek –Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatsbibliothek zu BerlinPreußischer Kulturbesitz and the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz will systematically digitising more than 6,350 historical typeface samples and providing open access to them for the first time.

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