I wrote a blog post today about Source Serif and Charter: johnjago.com/blog/fournier

Here I'll dump some links from my research that look interesting to dig into further.

• https://blog.typekit.com/2014/05/20/source-serif-pro/
• https://ilovetypography.com/2008/01/17/type-terms-transitional-type/
• https://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Printed-Word/dp/0881791547
• https://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/15/introducing-source-han-sans/
• https://blog.typekit.com/2014/07/09/source-sans-v2/
• https://www.creativebloq.com/features/font-vs-typeface
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-Simon-Fournier
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Simon_Fournier
• https://source.typekit.com/source-han-sans/

Though the Tiro Typeworks website looks old, it's full of gems, like Huronia.

It is rather an acknowledgement that so many cultures have been under-served by the typographic community, whose contribution could in some small way assist in not only the preservation of endangered languages through publishing, but also to contribute to the ability to render those languages in beautiful ways.