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.

Garaldus type specimen for Società Nebiolo, Torino | type design by Aldo Novarese 1956

Garaldus type specimen for Società Nebiolo, Torino | type design by Aldo Novarese 1956

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Bauer Type Foundry | Seasons Greetings insert for Soldans Ltd | design and wood-engravings by Otto Rohse

Bauer Type Foundry | Seasons Greetings insert for Soldans Ltd | design and wood-engravings by Otto Rohse

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Chisel: a decorative type from Stephenson Blake | Type specimen booklet, undated

Chisel: a decorative type from Stephenson Blake | Type specimen booklet, undated

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Two important additions to the Bernhard Family | Bauer Type Foundry type specimen booklet

Two important additions to the Bernhard Family | Bauer Type Foundry type specimen booklet

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Types in Use – The Fanfare Press Ltd | Type specimen booklet, complete list of founts

Types in Use – The Fanfare Press Ltd | Type specimen booklet, complete list of founts

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Monotype matrix-making | 1955 type specimen booklet | Will Carter, Ashley Havinden

Monotype matrix-making | 1955 type specimen booklet | Will Carter, Ashley Havinden

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Specimen Type Faces | Type specimen booklet Abbey Press, Abingdon undated, 1950s?

Specimen Type Faces | Type specimen booklet Abbey Press, Abingdon undated, 1950s?

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Castellar type specimen | John Peters design | Monotype Corporation late 1950s

Castellar type specimen | John Peters design | Monotype Corporation late 1950s

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Bernhard Brushscript type specimen | Frederick Wesselhoeft 1930s Lucian Bernhard

Bernhard Brushscript type specimen | Frederick Wesselhoeft 1930s Lucian Bernhard

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Tillotsons Specimen Book of Type Faces 1949 | Bookplate Peter C.G. Isaac

Tillotsons Specimen Book of Type Faces 1949 | Bookplate Peter C.G. Isaac

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Manuscript & Inscription Letters by Edward Johnston; 5 plates by Eric Gill 1950

Manuscript & Inscription Letters by Edward Johnston; 5 plates by Eric Gill 1950

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Type Fashions: 5 type specimen booklets | W.P Griffiths & Sons Old Bailey Press

Type Fashions: 5 type specimen booklets | W.P Griffiths & Sons Old Bailey Press

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Bernhard Types | Type specimen leaflet | Soldans Ltd, London – late 1930s?

Bernhard Types | Type specimen leaflet | Soldans Ltd, London – late 1930s?

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Società Nebiolo Microgramma type specimens x 5 printer Wace and Co Ltd, undated

Società Nebiolo Microgramma type specimens x 5 printer Wace and Co Ltd, undated

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British type specimens before 1831 by James Mosley, Occasional Publication No.14

British type specimens before 1831 by James Mosley, Occasional Publication No.14

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Type specimen Linotype Caledonia new edition July 1961

Type specimen Linotype Caledonia new edition July 1961

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Type specimen booklet Star Type Horsfall & Sons Birstall c.1968

Type specimen booklet Star Type Horsfall & Sons Birstall c.1968

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Nuova Serie Eurostile Nera Stretta compatta, Società Nebiolo | Type specimen leaflet | Aldo Novarese

Nuova Serie Eurostile Nera Stretta compatta, Società Nebiolo | Type specimen leaflet | Aldo Novarese

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How To Select Type Faces – booklet with 6 folded inserts | Intertype Company

How To Select Type Faces – booklet with 6 folded inserts | Intertype Company

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Gracia - Typefoundry Amsterdam type specimen leaflet c.1952

Gracia - Typefoundry Amsterdam type specimen leaflet c.1952

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Reiner Script by Imre Reiner | Typefoundry Amsterdam type specimen booklet c.1952

Reiner Script by Imre Reiner | Typefoundry Amsterdam type specimen booklet c.1952

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Intertype Language Faces | Reprinted from Intertype Condensed Specimen Book No. 2, 1946

Intertype Language Faces | Reprinted from Intertype Condensed Specimen Book No. 2, 1946

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Conway Typography Limited – typefaces for photocomposition | Brochure & ephemera

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Conway Typography Limited – typefaces for photocomposition | Brochure & ephemera

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One–Line Specimens of Ludlow Typefaces, Rules, Ruleforme & Borders; | Odhams Press, 1930s?

One–Line Specimens of Ludlow Typefaces, Rules, Ruleforme & Borders; | Odhams Press, 1930s?

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