Digital Tolkien Project
@digitaltolkien.com
A scholarly project focused on Tolkien from a corpus linguistic and digital humanities perspective. Posts by James Tauber (@jtauber.com)
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Here's ITC Clearface Pro Heavy
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Here's ITC Clearface Pro Heavy
This seems like an exact match for the hardbacks of the time.
January 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This seems like an exact match for the hardbacks of the time.
For comparison, this is Bitstream's Century Schoolbook Std Bold Condensed
January 10, 2026 at 4:50 PM
For comparison, this is Bitstream's Century Schoolbook Std Bold Condensed
This is tantalizingly close to Century Schoolbook Bold Condensed. Anyone want to help pin down what variant it is?
January 10, 2026 at 4:49 PM
This is tantalizingly close to Century Schoolbook Bold Condensed. Anyone want to help pin down what variant it is?
168/ Here is the use of ‘Black Gate’ vs ‘Morannon’ by book of Lord of the Rings
January 7, 2026 at 6:31 AM
168/ Here is the use of ‘Black Gate’ vs ‘Morannon’ by book of Lord of the Rings
this is the notice on the TG site:
January 3, 2026 at 8:36 PM
this is the notice on the TG site:
Side-by-side text comparison I’m experimenting with: home.digitaltolkien.com/labs/diff-de...
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Side-by-side text comparison I’m experimenting with: home.digitaltolkien.com/labs/diff-de...
Delighted to announce the (visible) beginnings of our work on The History of Middle-earth:
home.digitaltolkien.com
home.digitaltolkien.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Delighted to announce the (visible) beginnings of our work on The History of Middle-earth:
home.digitaltolkien.com
home.digitaltolkien.com
Another little sneak peek...
October 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Another little sneak peek...
Sneak peek of something we’re launching in just over a week...
October 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Sneak peek of something we’re launching in just over a week...
Here's an example of a portion of the page on "Gimli" illustrating the new information.
May 26, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Here's an example of a portion of the page on "Gimli" illustrating the new information.
Sneak peek of something I'll be showing on the Friday livestream!
April 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sneak peek of something I'll be showing on the Friday livestream!
Here's an example of the results of the "characters present" annotation of paragraphs in LR 1.04 (A Short Cut to Mushrooms) within our Rimbë tool.
January 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Here's an example of the results of the "characters present" annotation of paragraphs in LR 1.04 (A Short Cut to Mushrooms) within our Rimbë tool.
Well, we've hit 1,000 here and we're at 9,762 on Twitter.
A 42.9% increase on Bluesky in 12 days versus a 0.6% increase on Twitter.
A 42.9% increase on Bluesky in 12 days versus a 0.6% increase on Twitter.
November 4, 2024 at 12:50 AM
Well, we've hit 1,000 here and we're at 9,762 on Twitter.
A 42.9% increase on Bluesky in 12 days versus a 0.6% increase on Twitter.
A 42.9% increase on Bluesky in 12 days versus a 0.6% increase on Twitter.
Bringing together all out standoff annotations for the Hobbit:
- sentence segmentation
- part-of-speech tagging
- inline styling
- speech and speaker ID
- named entities
- sentence segmentation
- part-of-speech tagging
- inline styling
- speech and speaker ID
- named entities
October 28, 2024 at 1:10 AM
Bringing together all out standoff annotations for the Hobbit:
- sentence segmentation
- part-of-speech tagging
- inline styling
- speech and speaker ID
- named entities
- sentence segmentation
- part-of-speech tagging
- inline styling
- speech and speaker ID
- named entities
The Colours of Rings of Power Season Two
October 8, 2024 at 12:32 PM
The Colours of Rings of Power Season Two
The Colours of Rings of Power Season One
October 8, 2024 at 1:34 AM
The Colours of Rings of Power Season One