Tag Archives: 1700s

2019-05-03
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Text labyrinth in buginese from 1794, via. Buginese is spoken by millions of people in Indonesia. ᨄᨘᨑᨊᨗᨀᨚᨆᨙᨋᨉᨙᨄ

2018-04-28
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Jindai moji, supposedly used in Japan in the 17th century, via @tkasasagi.

2015-03-20
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Text graphics from 1763 . Free positioning of characters to make illustrations, instead of using woodcuts. From the book Medical observations and inquiries / by a Society of physicians in London.

h/t: Daryl Green

2013-05-11
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Sampler by E. Philips (1761) from the book “”Samplers and Tapestry Embroideries” by Marcus Bourne Huish (The Project Gutenberg)

2013-02-27
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Juan Díaz Rengifo, “Aquinas” Arte Poetica Española” Barcelona, 1726

2012-09-16
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Sebastien Truchet, ‘Mémoire sur les Combinaisons’ from ‘Mémoires de l’Academie Royale des Sciences‘ Paris, 1704.

2012-05-28
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Sebastian Truchet worked with typography and textmode graphics in the 1700s, n00bz! He also designed weapons and most of the channels of France.

2012-02-20
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Made in Valencia around 1770. Also check out Daniel Rehn’s rework with an 80’s dot matrix printer. More similar things here.

2012-02-17
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The Bear by Johann Leonhard Frisch around 1700. Source