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.

Folio type specimen brochure | Bauer Type Foundry | Possibly 1960s

Folio type specimen brochure | Bauer Type Foundry | Possibly 1960s

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Il carattere del SORRISO type specimen booklet for Società Nebiolo Aldo Novarese 1961

Il carattere del SORRISO type specimen booklet for Società Nebiolo Aldo Novarese 1961

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The Life & Importance of Jakob Sabon | Jan Tschichold | Poltroon Press, 1979

The Life & Importance of Jakob Sabon | Jan Tschichold | Poltroon Press, 1979

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Cairo type specimen | Intertype Corporation Brooklyn New York 1933?

Cairo type specimen | Intertype Corporation Brooklyn New York 1933?

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Albert Hollenstein / Studio Hollenstein, Hollenstein Phototypo, Paris | Type specimen 1971

Albert Hollenstein / Studio Hollenstein, Hollenstein Phototypo, Paris | Type specimen 1971

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Post-war type design in Germany | R.S Hutchings | Supplement to British Printer, May 1962

Post-war type design in Germany | R.S Hutchings | Supplement to British Printer, May 1962

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Collana Nebiolo. A string of Nebiolo gems | Type specimen booklet, 1959

Collana Nebiolo. A string of Nebiolo gems | Type specimen booklet, 1959

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Metropol Super Compatto della Societá Nebiolo Aldo Novarese type specimen booklet, 1968

Metropol Super Compatto della Societá Nebiolo Aldo Novarese type specimen booklet, 1968

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Intertype Cairo Light and Bold type specimen brochure | Intertype Limited Slough 1930s

Intertype Cairo Light and Bold type specimen brochure | Intertype Limited Slough 1930s

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Perpetua, designed by Eric Gill | Monotype Corporation type specimen broadsheet

Perpetua, designed by Eric Gill | Monotype Corporation type specimen broadsheet

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Trajan Group letter founders Miller & Richard Edinburgh, London, Toronto type specimen booklet undated 1930s?

Trajan Group letter founders Miller & Richard Edinburgh, London, Toronto type specimen booklet undated 1930s?

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Méridien Gras type specimen leaflet | Deberny et Peignot | Adrian Frutiger 1953?

Méridien Gras type specimen leaflet | Deberny et Peignot | Adrian Frutiger 1953?

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Folio Breithalbfette Kursiv. Bauersche Giesserei type specimen folder & contents

Folio Breithalbfette Kursiv. Bauersche Giesserei type specimen folder & contents

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Civilité Types Harry Carter and H.D Vervliet Oxford Bibliographical Society 1966

Civilité Types Harry Carter and H.D Vervliet Oxford Bibliographical Society 1966

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Fournier: A Specimen of a Classic Type | Lanston Monotype reproduction, 1927

Fournier: A Specimen of a Classic Type | Lanston Monotype reproduction, 1927

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Sphinx – Deberny et Peignot type specimen booklet | Soldans Ltd Alfred Latour

Sphinx – Deberny et Peignot type specimen booklet | Soldans Ltd Alfred Latour

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Type specimen leaflet Fonderie Typographique Français Paris & Flash Crous-Vidal

Type specimen leaflet Fonderie Typographique Français Paris & Flash Crous-Vidal

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Tillotsons Type Specimen book new edition | December 1952

Tillotsons Type Specimen book new edition | December 1952

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Schrift Ecriture Lettering by Adrian Frutiger | 1951 text by Alfred Willman

Schrift Ecriture Lettering by Adrian Frutiger | 1951 text by Alfred Willman

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Onyx type specimen brochure | American Type Founders | Design by Gerry Powell, 1937

Onyx type specimen brochure | American Type Founders | Design by Gerry Powell, 1937

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Flash type specimen Enric Crous-Vidal | Fonderie Typographique Français 1953

Flash type specimen Enric Crous-Vidal | Fonderie Typographique Français 1953

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Scarab: a Range of Egyptian Types | Stephenson Blake, Caslon Letter Foundry

Scarab: a Range of Egyptian Types | Stephenson Blake, Caslon Letter Foundry

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Intertype Futura type specimen brochure | Undated, possibly 1950s

Intertype Futura type specimen brochure | Undated, possibly 1950s

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Futura – Bauersche Giesserei Frankfurt | Type specimen booklet Paul Renner

Futura – Bauersche Giesserei Frankfurt | Type specimen booklet Paul Renner

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