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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Premiers principes de la typographie, by Stanley Morison | Jérôme Millon, 1989
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Typographic Design in France by Douglas C. McMurtrie | Draeger Frères, 1934
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Typos 6 An International Journal of Typography | London College of Printing | ed. F.W. Lambert, 1981
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The Forms of Our Letters Typophile Monograph, new series, number 6 Victor Hammer
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De plomb, d’encre et de lumière | L’esprit des lettres par Remy Peignot. En souvenir d’Albert Gilou | 1982
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Explicatio Formarum Litterarum – The Unfolding of Letterforms | Rutherford Aris, 1990
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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
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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?
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Typography – New Era New Language | Edited by Michael Gorman | The Manchester Metropolitan University, 1995
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Monotype advertisement 'Buyers of Printing' | Promotional leaflet | May 1931 in Gill Sans
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Castellar type specimen | John Peters design | Monotype Corporation late 1950s
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Les Didot Trois siècles de typographie & de bibliophilie 1698-1998 | André Jammes
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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
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Information Design Journal | Volume 3/4, 1986 edited by Robert Waller | semiotics
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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
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Bernhard Types | Type specimen leaflet | Soldans Ltd, London – late 1930s?
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Mind the Stop. A brief guide to punctuation by G.V Carey | Pelican Books, 1971
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Hot-Metal Typesetting into the Twenty-First Century | Robert Stockwell 1983
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British type specimens before 1831 by James Mosley, Occasional Publication No.14
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Fold-out poster for Basic Typography 1990. York College of Arts and Technology BTEC Graphic Design
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Some Type Faces suitable for Advertising Display and Bookwork | Battley Brothers
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Nuova Serie Eurostile Nera Stretta compatta, Società Nebiolo | Type specimen leaflet | Aldo Novarese
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Lettres Françaises: Specimen de caractères français Jean-Francois Porchez 1998
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How To Select Type Faces – booklet with 6 folded inserts | Intertype Company
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Eric Gill. On the Flying Scotsman | Beeches Press, London, 1990
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Gracia - Typefoundry Amsterdam type specimen leaflet c.1952
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Reiner Script by Imre Reiner | Typefoundry Amsterdam type specimen booklet c.1952
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The Monotype Recorder | Volume XXXI, Number 245, May–June 1932
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Intertype Language Faces | Reprinted from Intertype Condensed Specimen Book No. 2, 1946
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Les Provinciales ou Lettres de Louis de Montalte by Blaise Pascal 1816
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One–Line Specimens of Ludlow Typefaces, Rules, Ruleforme & Borders; | Odhams Press, 1930s?
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Aide au choix de la Typographie – Cours Supérieur | Gérard Blanchard, 1998
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