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.

Ganz Grobe Gotische type specimen booklet | Otto Weisert Schriftgiesserei, 1930s | Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler

Ganz Grobe Gotische type specimen booklet | Otto Weisert Schriftgiesserei, 1930s | Friedrich Hermann Ernst Schneidler

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The House of C & E Layton type specimen book | Undated

The House of C & E Layton type specimen book | Undated

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List of Types on English Body | D. Stempel Type Foundry, Frankfurt type specimen leaflet

List of Types on English Body | D. Stempel Type Foundry, Frankfurt type specimen leaflet

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Saint George type specimen booklet | Stephenson Blake, undated

Saint George type specimen booklet | Stephenson Blake, undated

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Bristol & Carlton | Amsterdam Type Foundry type specimen | Dick Dooijes, c.1929?

Bristol & Carlton | Amsterdam Type Foundry type specimen | Dick Dooijes, c.1929?

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Christmas card / leaflet – Bauer Type Foundry Frankfurt-Main | Dorit Winzens, 1959

Christmas card / leaflet – Bauer Type Foundry Frankfurt-Main | Dorit Winzens, 1959

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Tillotsons Specimen Book of Type Faces | 1949 Edition | ex-library Board of Trade Library

Tillotsons Specimen Book of Type Faces | 1949 Edition | ex-library Board of Trade Library

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Some Reasons Why Printers Prefer Ludlow | Ludlow Typography Co, Chicago booklet, 1960s?

Some Reasons Why Printers Prefer Ludlow | Ludlow Typography Co, Chicago booklet, 1960s?

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Ludlow Garamond / Italic | Ludlow Typograph Company type specimen leaflet, undated

Ludlow Garamond / Italic | Ludlow Typograph Company type specimen leaflet, undated

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Metropol type specimen leaflet | Societá Nebiolo, Torino | Attrazione Grafica, undated

Metropol type specimen leaflet | Societá Nebiolo, Torino | Attrazione Grafica, undated

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'For Your Guidance' – Bauer Type Foundry type specimen booklet, undated

'For Your Guidance' – Bauer Type Foundry type specimen booklet, undated

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Mazak Zinc Alloy Type | Type specimen folder and inserts | Stephenson Blake Caslon | Price list dated December 1965

Mazak Zinc Alloy Type | Type specimen folder and inserts | Stephenson Blake Caslon | Price list dated December 1965

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Alphabets by Imre and Hedwig Reiner – Bauer | Zollikofer & Co. St. Gall, 1947

Alphabets by Imre and Hedwig Reiner – Bauer | Zollikofer & Co. St. Gall, 1947

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Hay-Hutchison Art Electros, Borders & Florettes. John Haddon & Co, London | The Caxton Type Foundry

Hay-Hutchison Art Electros, Borders & Florettes. John Haddon & Co, London | The Caxton Type Foundry

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Letter Founding: A Historical Record | Stephenson Blake type specimen brochure

Letter Founding: A Historical Record | Stephenson Blake type specimen brochure

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B. Dellagana & Co Synopsis of over 300 Type Faces | Type specimen booklet, 1967

B. Dellagana & Co Synopsis of over 300 Type Faces | Type specimen booklet, 1967

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Vendôme dessiné par François Ganeau | Fonderie Olive type specimen booklet

Vendôme dessiné par François Ganeau | Fonderie Olive type specimen booklet

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The Works of Giovanni Mardersteig with 'Monotype' Faces | Monotype imprint, 1967

The Works of Giovanni Mardersteig with 'Monotype' Faces | Monotype imprint, 1967

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Fourteen type designs from the Linotype repertory of Book Faces | Linotype & Machinery Ltd

Fourteen type designs from the Linotype repertory of Book Faces | Linotype & Machinery Ltd

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Arbeitsmappe Futura – workbook / type specimen | Bauersche Gießerei Frankfurt

Arbeitsmappe Futura – workbook / type specimen | Bauersche Gießerei Frankfurt

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Egmont type specimen booklet | Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn | type design by S.H. de Roos 1936

Egmont type specimen booklet | Intertype Corporation, Brooklyn | type design by S.H. de Roos 1936

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Linotype Bodoni Series and Parma Ornaments | Type specimen booklet 1920/30s?

Linotype Bodoni Series and Parma Ornaments | Type specimen booklet 1920/30s?

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Three Modern Families: Stellar Karnak Tempo | Ludlow type specimen booklet, 1933

Three Modern Families: Stellar Karnak Tempo | Ludlow type specimen booklet, 1933

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Linotype: news and classified advertisement typefaces | Type specimen leaflet, 1960s?

Linotype: news and classified advertisement typefaces | Type specimen leaflet, 1960s?

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