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Garden of Flowers – an archive of pictorial typography before ASCII art
by california-og·Jun 16, 2026·155 points·26 comments
AI Analysis
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Beautiful archive of pre-ASCII pictorial typography from 18th and 19th century printing.
Strengths
- •Carefully curated historical specimens with location and era metadata
- •Clean grid browsing with filter by country, decade, type style
Weaknesses
- •Collection without novel technique, similar archives exist at Internet Archive
- •No download options or API for designers to actually use specimens
Category
Target Audience
Graphic designers, typographers, design historians
Similar To
Internet Archive typography collections · Type specimen databases
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