[OpenFontLibrary] collaborative font idea for openfontlibrary list members:

[Fontfreedom]

What about a font which incorporates every weird glyph in any expired  
public domain book (pre-1923).
 
Starting with the more scholarly tomes....The old standards.
 
For Example: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, 1914 Edition. Volume 3.
 
 
 
FontFreedom