German Museum of Books and Writing "Signs - Books - Networks"

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  Written Chinese

  Characters in abundance
  With its bewildering variety and characteristic graphic features, the Chinese script has been in constant use for almost 4,000 years. Oracle inscriptions on tortoise shells and bones are the oldest known surviving examples of the script.
  Written Chinese
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  x/y

  The A-Z of industrialisation
  The coordinate system of independent and dependent variables became a significant indicator of the industrial age. Time is often depicted on the x-axis and, dependent on this, the course of revenue and profit as well as exchange rates (Capital), changes in the size of the workforce (Factory) and transport services (Networks) are depicted on the y-axis.
  x/y
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  Xerox

  Modern Antiqua in a flattering form
  The Xerox typeface was created in 2007 as part of the corporate design of the eponymous printer manufacturer. It is based on the predecessor font FS Albert by the British graphic designer Jason Smith and has a soft, friendly form.
  Xerox
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  Ysobel

  Text font and award-winning typeface in one
  The Ysobel typeface released in 2009 was designed by American designer Robin Nicholas. The design was inspired by the soft and rounded Century Schoolbook typeface created in New York at the beginning of the 20th century.
  Ysobel
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  Zeppelin

  Lively play with geometric forms
  In the late 1920s, typographer and calligrapher Rudolf Koch surprisingly developed a sans-serif made of geometric shapes for the Klingspor Type Foundry in Offenbach. As a master of blackletter typefaces, he had previously strictly refused to design sans-serifs.
  Zeppelin