Collection: Typography

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

Monotype Composing Machines | Promotional brochure, 1970 | The Monotype Corporation Limited

Monotype Composing Machines | Promotional brochure, 1970 | The Monotype Corporation Limited

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Typographic Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers | Issue 40, Summer 1990 | Guest editor Andrew Boag

Typographic Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers | Issue 40, Summer 1990 | Guest editor Andrew Boag

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Monotype Typeface Library 91.12. | Monotype classic fonts, 1991

Monotype Typeface Library 91.12. | Monotype classic fonts, 1991

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Jan Tschichold. Typographer and Type Designer 1902-1974 | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1982

Jan Tschichold. Typographer and Type Designer 1902-1974 | National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1982

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The Liberation of Typography | MRC Matthews | Watford College of Technology 1973

The Liberation of Typography | MRC Matthews | Watford College of Technology 1973

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Une Histoire à Rallonges | John Crombie | Kickshaws Press 2004 | limited edition, numbered 30/100

Une Histoire à Rallonges | John Crombie | Kickshaws Press 2004 | limited edition, numbered 30/100

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Love Song Cycle | Set by Phil Cleaver – Four Poems by Jessica d'Este, 1978

Love Song Cycle | Set by Phil Cleaver – Four Poems by Jessica d'Este, 1978

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Depositio Cornuti Typographici | Berkshire College of Art Information Sheet 66, 1965

Depositio Cornuti Typographici | Berkshire College of Art Information Sheet 66, 1965

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1963 Calendar – Happy Families of ‘Monotype’ Faces | Illustrations by Peter Kneebone

1963 Calendar – Happy Families of ‘Monotype’ Faces | Illustrations by Peter Kneebone

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Type in Action by Herbert Jones | Sidgwick and Jackson, 1938

Type in Action by Herbert Jones | Sidgwick and Jackson, 1938

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141 – The One Hundred and Forty-First Dinner the Double Crown Club | Menu leaflet, 12 November 1957 | John Dreyfus, Bruce Rogers

141 – The One Hundred and Forty-First Dinner the Double Crown Club | Menu leaflet, 12 November 1957 | John Dreyfus, Bruce Rogers

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Monotype 'Bell' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation

Monotype 'Bell' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation

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Monotype ‘Scotch Roman’ type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation Limited

Monotype ‘Scotch Roman’ type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation Limited

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Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces 1960–90 by Lawrence W. Wallis | Lund Humphries, 1990

Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces 1960–90 by Lawrence W. Wallis | Lund Humphries, 1990

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Visible Language journal Vol 28 Number 3 July 1994 Special Project Critical Histories of Graphic Design Part 1 Critiques. Guest editor Andrew Blauvelt

Visible Language journal Vol 28 Number 3 July 1994 Special Project Critical Histories of Graphic Design Part 1 Critiques. Guest editor Andrew Blauvelt

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Visible Language journal Vol 31 Number 1 Winter 1997

Visible Language journal Vol 31 Number 1 Winter 1997

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Visible Language – The Journal for Research on the Visual Media of Language Expression | Volume VIII, Number 1, Winter 1974

Visible Language – The Journal for Research on the Visual Media of Language Expression | Volume VIII, Number 1, Winter 1974

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Visible Language journal Volume XII Number 2 Spring 1978

Visible Language journal Volume XII Number 2 Spring 1978

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The Visible Word. Problems of Legibility by Herbert Spencer | Lund Humphries, second revised edition 1969

The Visible Word. Problems of Legibility by Herbert Spencer | Lund Humphries, second revised edition 1969

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Linotype Baskerville | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1960s?

Linotype Baskerville | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1960s?

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Linotype Georgian | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1965

Linotype Georgian | Type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1965

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Monotype Newsletter 78 | March 1966 | Type Ornament and the Decorative Arts | The Monotype Corporation

Monotype Newsletter 78 | March 1966 | Type Ornament and the Decorative Arts | The Monotype Corporation

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Basic Typography Class 1989 | York College of Arts and Technology BTEC booklet

Basic Typography Class 1989 | York College of Arts and Technology BTEC booklet

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Linotype Adsans – A Sans Serif Face for Classified Advertisements | Type specimen leaflet, 1965

Linotype Adsans – A Sans Serif Face for Classified Advertisements | Type specimen leaflet, 1965

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