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.

Symphonie type specimen booklet | Bauersche Giesserei | designer Imre Reiner, undated

Symphonie type specimen booklet | Bauersche Giesserei | designer Imre Reiner, undated

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Chart of small capitals & related figures | The Fanfare Press type specimen | December 1947

Chart of small capitals & related figures | The Fanfare Press type specimen | December 1947

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Type specimen booklet for Keyboard: a New Display Type | Stephenson Blake, undated

Type specimen booklet for Keyboard: a New Display Type | Stephenson Blake, undated

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Peignot Bold. Small type specimen leaflet | American Wood Type Manufacturing Co

Peignot Bold. Small type specimen leaflet | American Wood Type Manufacturing Co

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Beton Bold, Medium and Extra Bold | Intertype Corporation specimen booklet

Beton Bold, Medium and Extra Bold | Intertype Corporation specimen booklet

Regular price £70.00 GBP

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Beton Series by Heinrich Jost | Wesselhoeft/Soldans type specimen booklet

Beton Series by Heinrich Jost | Wesselhoeft/Soldans type specimen booklet

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[Lucian] Bernhard Roman Bold type specimen booklet | Frederic Wesselhoeft, undated

[Lucian] Bernhard Roman Bold type specimen booklet | Frederic Wesselhoeft, undated

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Waverley: a New Intertype Typeface | Type specimen booklet, 1941?

Waverley: a New Intertype Typeface | Type specimen booklet, 1941?

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Le Naudin price list leaflet | Type specimens | Miller & Richard Letter Founders

Le Naudin price list leaflet | Type specimens | Miller & Richard Letter Founders

Regular price £34.00 GBP

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Leaflet A Collection of Borders & Decorative Material in use in the Printing Department Guildford School of Art, undated

Leaflet A Collection of Borders & Decorative Material in use in the Printing Department Guildford School of Art, undated

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120 Monotype Display Faces | Type specimen booklet, undated

120 Monotype Display Faces | Type specimen booklet, undated

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Vincent Figgins Type Specimens 1801 and 1815 edited Berthold Wolpe | The Printing Historical Society, St Bride Institute, 1967 | ex-library Westminster Libraries

Vincent Figgins Type Specimens 1801 and 1815 edited Berthold Wolpe | The Printing Historical Society, St Bride Institute, 1967 | ex-library Westminster Libraries

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Mercury and Mercury Light – two new script types | Stephenson Blake 1950s

Mercury and Mercury Light – two new script types | Stephenson Blake 1950s

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Type founts and sizes held at The Fanfare Press | Type specimen leaflet

Type founts and sizes held at The Fanfare Press | Type specimen leaflet

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Type specimen leaflet 'Reiner Script' - Typefoundry Amsterdam | type design by Imre Reiner, undated, c. 1955

Type specimen leaflet 'Reiner Script' - Typefoundry Amsterdam | type design by Imre Reiner, undated, c. 1955

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Metropolis Bulletin Issue 1 | Edited by Reginald Hutchings | Metropolis Press, May 1937

Metropolis Bulletin Issue 1 | Edited by Reginald Hutchings | Metropolis Press, May 1937

Regular price £120.00 GBP

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Eric Gill's Joanna Typeface | Letterpress ephemera sheet | Skelton's Press, 1981

Eric Gill's Joanna Typeface | Letterpress ephemera sheet | Skelton's Press, 1981

Regular price £115.00 GBP

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Keyboard and Keyboard Light | Stephenson Blake type specimen booklet

Keyboard and Keyboard Light | Stephenson Blake type specimen booklet

Regular price £42.00 GBP

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Intertype De Vinne | Type specimen booklet | Presumably early 20th century

Intertype De Vinne | Type specimen booklet | Presumably early 20th century

Regular price £145.00 GBP

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Beton Medium Condensed & Bold Condensed type specimen leaflets | Soldans Ltd, 1930s?

Beton Medium Condensed & Bold Condensed type specimen leaflets | Soldans Ltd, 1930s?

Regular price £125.00 GBP

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'Monotype’ Faces by Monotyping Service Limited | Type face brochure, undated

'Monotype’ Faces by Monotyping Service Limited | Type face brochure, undated

Regular price £39.00 GBP

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Annonce Grotesque / Old Gothic Bold Italic | Graphic Arts type specimen leaflet

Annonce Grotesque / Old Gothic Bold Italic | Graphic Arts type specimen leaflet

Regular price £35.00 GBP

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A list of type specimens. The Bibliographical Society, London, 1942 | Harry Carter

A list of type specimens. The Bibliographical Society, London, 1942 | Harry Carter

Regular price £65.00 GBP

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Folio – Bauersche Giesserei type specimen brochure undated | design by Hanns Lohrer

Folio – Bauersche Giesserei type specimen brochure undated | design by Hanns Lohrer

Regular price £110.00 GBP

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