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.
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Typography Papers 8 Modern Typography in Britain ed Paul Stiff Hyphen Press | University of Reading,2009
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The New Western Type Book foreword by John Ryder Western Printing Services 1980
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Nineteenth XIXth Century Ornamented Types & Title Pages Nicolette Gray 1938
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Oxley Press Limited Typefaces | folder of typefaces, c. 1970
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Alphabet 1964. International Annual of Letterforms ed R.S. Hutchings | James Moran, 1964
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Factors in the Choice of Type Faces by Geoffrey Dowding | Wace & Co 1957
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Lettergieterij Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem Holland, 2003
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Max Bill. Typography, advertising, book design | Niggli, 1999 hardback
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Specimens of Faces Linotype Matrix Information July 1953
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Pioneers of Modern Typography by Herbert Spencer | Lund Humphries, 1990
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Revival of the Fittest digital versions of classic typefaces edited by Philip B. Meggs & Roy McKelvey
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Spon’s Pocket Book of Alphabets | Revised edition, 1956
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An Approach to Type by John R. Biggs | Blandford Press, 1949 first edition
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The Working Party on Typographic Teaching. Interim Report, October 1968
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Rookledge’s International handbook of type designers | Edited by Phil Baines et al, 1991
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The Changing Newspaper – Typographic trends in Britain and America | Allen Hutt | Gordon Fraser, 1973
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Linotype-Hell | Type overview – PostScript Typefaces for Electronic Publishing, 1993 booklet
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Headline Typefaces – Equation Graphics Ltd London | Type specimen booklet, undated
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Monotype Type Face Library – Classic Fonts | Small booklet, undated
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Type Symposium. The role of the trade typesetter in USA Whittaker/Compugraphic
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Information sheets from Croydon College School of Art & Design. Graphic Design Area. Area Director Herman Hecht Summer term 1981
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The Monotype Recorder | Vol 30, No 240, April-May 1931
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The Monotype Recorder – Direct Mail Special Number | Vol 30, No 239, 1931
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The Monotype Recorder – Precision in Map Making | Vol 43, Number 1, Summer 1964
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Typographic: Journal of the Society of Typographic Designers | No.14, Jan 1980
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The Case for Legibility by John Ryder | The Bodley Head, 1979
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The Monotype Recorder – Typographic Transformations | Vol 39, No 4, Summer 1952
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Types for the New Century | The Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper makers | 2012 exhibition catalogue
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Typophile Monograph No 4 | Wolfgang Tiessen: Serving author and reader, 1987
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Monotype News Letter 44 | April 1952 – How and Why Type Faces Differ | Broadsheet
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Monotype Newsletter 88 + 'Dante' type specimens Robert Barbor | February 1971
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Classic Revivals – Monotype Conference Exhibition, 1992 | Stanley Morison, Chris Burke
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Type Is Money Typografie in Der Werbung, herausgegeben von FontShop | Verlag Form, 1998
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The Edward Johnston Foundation Journal | Issue No. 12, November 2007
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La Lumitype-Photon. Higgonet/Moyroud | Musée de l'imprimerie et de la banque, 1995
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Standard Printing Paper Sizes | Monotype Corporation, 5th Edition
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