From The Old Bucharest
George D. Florescu
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Anna Vasina
@a_vsn@typo.social
mastodon 4.6.9Explorer / type enthusiast from Moldova.
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GRAFICA ROMÂNĂ nr. 15-16, Anul II
Revistă pentru Devoltarea Artelor Grafica Române, 1924
Source: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=213927128662030&set=a.167559316632145
România pitorească de Alexandru Vlahuță, 1929
R H E I N (brand still existing today)
Top: personalized pencil, jubilee for 50 years of activity 1892-1942
Middle: lithographed advertisement on cardboard, 1930s
Bottom: unused labels, 1930s.
Some stamps from the morning bouquinists pt. 2
Pagini de critică din tinerețe
author: Nicolae Iorga, 1920-21
Craiova
1. What is the origin of the Ӂ letter?
Relying on Wikipedia, it seems like it first appeared in 1967, in Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, by the ”Decision no. 201 on the introduction of the letter ,,ӂ” in the alphabet of the Moldovan language (17/07/1967), for a more accurate rendering of the sound ,,d͡ʒ”. The elaboration of this decision, as well as the introduction of the new graphic sign, is a repercussion of the 3rd Congress of the Union of Writers from October 1965, when it was requested to return to the Latin script, thus forming the premises for new events to awaken national consciousness in Bessarabia.” [1]
[1] text source: https://humanities.studiamsu.md/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/16_Botnari.pdf
Some stamps from the morning bouquinists pt. 1
Rătăcire, 1937
Postcards from socialist Romania, dedicated to the Women's Day (8th of March)
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@eugbidaut@typo.social Varya did a great job on researching the Vyaz' style, though I didn't see her full disertation, I can only assume that she relied on the Bulgarian and Eastern Slav sources, as they are more accessible in terms of language.
The Romanian case is somewhat unique, because their language is not part of the Slavic family, it is considered to have Latin roots, that's why at some point in history, they decided to detach from the Byzantine roots, thus rejecting the South-Slavic typographic tradition and switching towards the Western Latin Script in the 1860's (after multiple attempts of a Transitional Alphabet — Cyrillic + Latin). But then again, during the interwar period they decided to make some use of the old style flair in the Latin type. (long story short)
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"April 22, 1907 - the first issue of the newspaper VIAȚA BASSARABIEI,( LIFE OF BESSARABIA) led by the Bessarabian publicist Alexis Nour, was published. The newspaper appeared in Russian letters, as well as "in Romanian letters for the great intelligent public of Bessarabia and all the countries inhabited by Romanians", which is why it disappeared after only six issues (April 22, 1907–May 25, 1907), being banned by the Tsarist censorship.
Previously, the newspaper BASSARABIA, published by Emanuil Gavriliță between May 26, 1906 and March 11, 1907, was banned after publishing the hymn "Deșteaptă-te, române!" (Romanian national anthem) on March 9, 1907."
Source: National Archives Agency of Republic of Moldova.
A self-reminder to get back to it on the 15th of July.
https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isbn/9783111037134/html
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@eugbidaut@typo.social that's great to hear! because it seems like this is a very underexplored field, typographicly speaking. And it is also a very political one, especially that Transitional period is pretty much overlooked to this day.
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@eugbidaut@typo.social these letters are inspired from the old Church Cyrillic tradition, that's why they look so wild.
Currently doing a small research on the Ӂ letter. There are a few questions I'd like to find answers to, like:
1. what is the origin of the letter?
2. what are the languages that use/used it?
3. is it still in use today?
So let's start with Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhe_with_breve
https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ge_moldovenesc
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D3%81