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In July 2024, a university in the Philippines was called out for incorrect spelling using the country's ancient script,...

In July 2024, a university in the Philippines was called out for incorrect spelling using the country's ancient script, baybayin.

Partially, the fault lies in a font. But there too was something else to blame.

https://typehistoryph.wordpress.com/2025/01/08/old-fonts-and-bad-baybayin/

#baybayin #philippines

I'm posting this here 10 days late*, but better than never!This is my first blog post, tracking imports of Linotype into Spanish...

I'm posting this here 10 days late*, but better than never!

This is my first blog post, tracking imports of Linotype into Spanish colonial Philippines, starting with the first units in 1901, ending my count in 1935.

https://typehistoryph.wordpress.com/2024/10/11/importing-the-linotype/

I ought to thank @onpaperwings for inspiring this in the first place after I came across his Linotype book project.

* almost forgot this account exists. Might as well use it to share my articles as they come out. I write on Philippine type history.