Why Forgotten Shapes is the nostalgic type foundry you should know

The past is the present for Forgotten Shapes, a new type foundry with a twist.

“Forgotten Shapes publishes digital reconstructions of typefaces that have somehow vanished. "We revive such typefaces according to the guiding principle of Werktreue -that is, in a form as faithful to the original as possible” note Stephan, Reymund and Pierre, the creative forces behind FS.

“Extensive research in archives, museums and libraries builds the foundation to our library of digital reconstructions of typefaces that have somehow vanished. This research and the entire background of each typeface is further made accessible within appropriate articles on our website” adds Forgotten Shapes.

Enter their typographic adventure beyond space and time here.

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_{Private Collection (Stephan Müller), ©Stephan Müller 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{Private Collection (Stephan Müller), ©Stephan Müller 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{Swiss National Library NL, ©Stephan Müller 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{Swiss National Library NL, ©Stephan Müller 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

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_{Private Collection (Gert Wunderlich), ©Reymund Schröder
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{Private Collection (Gert Wunderlich), ©Reymund Schröder 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{Private Collection (Gert Wunderlich), ©Reymund Schröder 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{©Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved}

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_{©Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved}

_{Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig [Inv.Nr.Inv.Nr. 1848/49:129/40 Nr.67] ©Pierre Pané-Farré 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{©Special Collections, University of Amsterdam [OTM KVB LPM 1808] 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{Stadtgeschichtliches Museum Leipzig [1848/49:129/40 Nr. 70] ©Pierre Pané-Farré 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{©Herwig Kempenaers (Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{©Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University in the City of New York, [Call BOOKART z250.H27 1835] (Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}

_{©Special Collections, University of Amsterdam [OTM KVB LPP 140 (1-13)] 
(Found on Forgotten Shapes. All rights reserved)}