Collection: Type Specimens

This amazing selection of hard-to-find vintage brochures, booklets and promotional material represents many of the world's leading type foundries and type designers.

Egyptian Expanded Open | Stephenson Blake type specimen | Print in Britain, 1959

Egyptian Expanded Open | Stephenson Blake type specimen | Print in Britain, 1959

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Monotype 'Matura' 496 type specimen sheet | Monotype Corporation

Monotype 'Matura' 496 type specimen sheet | Monotype Corporation

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Dante the first use of Monotype’s new digital version of Dante presented at The Monotype Conference, London, 1991. First edition of 300 copies printed for The Monotype Conference, 1991 No 288/300. Text by John Dreyfus

Dante the first use of Monotype’s new digital version of Dante presented at The Monotype Conference, London, 1991. First edition of 300 copies printed for The Monotype Conference, 1991 No 288/300. Text by John Dreyfus

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Private Press Types at Cambridge by Thomas Balston | Printing Historical Society, 2013

Private Press Types at Cambridge by Thomas Balston | Printing Historical Society, 2013

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Leaflet for Monotype Decorative Units Designed by John Peters. Leeds College of Technology Department of Printing, 1964

Leaflet for Monotype Decorative Units Designed by John Peters. Leeds College of Technology Department of Printing, 1964

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How to Select Type Faces and how to make better use of machine faces. Intertype Corporation Brooklyn New York. Undated

How to Select Type Faces and how to make better use of machine faces. Intertype Corporation Brooklyn New York. Undated

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Monotype 'Bell' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation

Monotype 'Bell' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation

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Monotype ‘Scotch Roman’ type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation Limited

Monotype ‘Scotch Roman’ type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation Limited

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Type specimen sheet for Linotype Juliana A book face designed for Linotype by S.L. Hartz

Type specimen sheet for Linotype Juliana A book face designed for Linotype by S.L. Hartz

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Linotype Bodoni. Type specimen sheet. Undated, maybe 1967

Linotype Bodoni. Type specimen sheet. Undated, maybe 1967

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Linotype Erbar Light Condensed with Bold Condensed. Type specimen sheet. Undated

Linotype Erbar Light Condensed with Bold Condensed. Type specimen sheet. Undated

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Linotype Baskerville | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1960s?

Linotype Baskerville | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1960s?

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Linotype Georgian | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1965

Linotype Georgian | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1965

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Linotype Adsans – A Sans Serif Face for Classified Advertisements | Type specimen leaflet, 1965

Linotype Adsans – A Sans Serif Face for Classified Advertisements | Type specimen leaflet, 1965

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Folio Light, Light italic, Medium | Type specimen brochure, Bauer Type Foundry, undated

Folio Light, Light italic, Medium | Type specimen brochure, Bauer Type Foundry, undated

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Monotype Alphabet Tracing Sheets – promotional leaflet Monotype Corporation

Monotype Alphabet Tracing Sheets – promotional leaflet Monotype Corporation

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Linotype Times Roman – type specimen fold out poster | Undated

Linotype Times Roman – type specimen fold out poster | Undated

Regular price £48.00 GBP

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Linotype Memphis – type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1967

Linotype Memphis – type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1967

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Linotype Jubilee type face – type specimen leaflet | December 1963 | Newspaper type

Linotype Jubilee type face – type specimen leaflet | December 1963 | Newspaper type

Regular price £48.00 GBP

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Broadsheet Type-faces in use at The Marlborough College Press undated

Broadsheet Type-faces in use at The Marlborough College Press undated

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Monotype 'Plantin' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Monotype 'Plantin' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

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Monotype 'Fournier' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Monotype 'Fournier' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

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Can you spot the most famous type faces? Monotype Corporation leaflet, undated

Can you spot the most famous type faces? Monotype Corporation leaflet, undated

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Youthline script type | Stephenson Blake | Type specimen booklet, undated

Youthline script type | Stephenson Blake | Type specimen booklet, undated

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