Collection: Typography

This large collection of vintage typography-focused books, catalogues and journals explores how type design influences perception and conveys emotions, while also providing creative inspiration for designers, illustrators, and anyone passionate about the visual power of language.

The Monotype Recorder – Languages of the World issue | Volume 42 No 4, Summer 1963

The Monotype Recorder – Languages of the World issue | Volume 42 No 4, Summer 1963

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The Monotype Recorder. One hundred years of type making | Special presentation edition, 1997 | Numbered 67/300

The Monotype Recorder. One hundred years of type making | Special presentation edition, 1997 | Numbered 67/300

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Designing Posters by Patricia Gidney 'Font' | Ditchling Museum, 2000

Designing Posters by Patricia Gidney 'Font' | Ditchling Museum, 2000

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Westerham Press. Type Book. A short list shewing types and decorative borders with stock blocks and devices used at the Westerham Press, 1951

Westerham Press. Type Book. A short list shewing types and decorative borders with stock blocks and devices used at the Westerham Press, 1951

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Encyclopaedia Typographica | Edited by Alfred Bastien, 1950s

Encyclopaedia Typographica | Edited by Alfred Bastien, 1950s

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The Future of Typographical Studies by Nicholas Barker | 10th Hanes Lecture 1996

The Future of Typographical Studies by Nicholas Barker | 10th Hanes Lecture 1996

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Typographica 12 (new series) December 1965 | Lund Humphries | Herbert Spencer

Typographica 12 (new series) December 1965 | Lund Humphries | Herbert Spencer

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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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The Monotype Recorder Volume 42, Number 2, Spring 1961

The Monotype Recorder Volume 42, Number 2, Spring 1961

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Elrod printing machine leaflet | Ludlow Typograph Company Chicago, undated

Elrod printing machine leaflet | Ludlow Typograph Company Chicago, undated

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Edward Johnston Foundation – EJF Journal No 6, August 2001

Edward Johnston Foundation – EJF Journal No 6, August 2001

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EJF Journal - Edward Johnston No 10 Oct 2005 | The Carving Cribbs, Henry Hooper

EJF Journal - Edward Johnston No 10 Oct 2005 | The Carving Cribbs, Henry Hooper

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Edward Johnston Foundation – EJF Journal No 13, February 2009

Edward Johnston Foundation – EJF Journal No 13, February 2009

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The Monotype Recorder May/June 1921 Vol. XX, No. 183

The Monotype Recorder May/June 1921 Vol. XX, No. 183

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Monotype Newsletter 80 December 1966 | Includes filmsetting, Univers

Monotype Newsletter 80 December 1966 | Includes filmsetting, Univers

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Fournier – the Compleat Typographer by Allen Hutt | Frederick Muller 1972

Fournier – the Compleat Typographer by Allen Hutt | Frederick Muller 1972

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The Monotype Recorder – 100 years of type making 1897-1997 | New series no 10 1997

The Monotype Recorder – 100 years of type making 1897-1997 | New series no 10 1997

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Handmade Type by James Mosley | Incline Press / Justin Howes Memorial Fund, 2007

Handmade Type by James Mosley | Incline Press / Justin Howes Memorial Fund, 2007

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Typography and the Art of the Book, Jacques Haumont. French/English 1994 edition

Typography and the Art of the Book, Jacques Haumont. French/English 1994 edition

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Les Trois Audin by Régis Neyret. Musée de l’imprimerie et de la banque | Nebiolo

Les Trois Audin by Régis Neyret. Musée de l’imprimerie et de la banque | Nebiolo

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Book Design by John Trevitt | Cambridge University Press, 1980

Book Design by John Trevitt | Cambridge University Press, 1980

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David Blamire's Adults' Alphabets | Hanborough Parrot Press | Prospectus 1990

David Blamire's Adults' Alphabets | Hanborough Parrot Press | Prospectus 1990

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Anecdotes typographiques by Nicolas Contat | Le Brun 1980 reprint

Anecdotes typographiques by Nicolas Contat | Le Brun 1980 reprint

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