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.

Type Faces in use at The Curwen Press | 1951 Type specimen brochure

Type Faces in use at The Curwen Press | 1951 Type specimen brochure

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Type Faces in use at the Curwen Press | 1954 type specimen booklet

Type Faces in use at the Curwen Press | 1954 type specimen booklet

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Playbill – a new-old type from Stephenson Blake | Type specimen leaflet

Playbill – a new-old type from Stephenson Blake | Type specimen leaflet

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The Printed Word | Typography by Linotype type specimens | Linotype and Machinery

The Printed Word | Typography by Linotype type specimens | Linotype and Machinery

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Hondred jaren lettergieterij in Amsterdam by Dr G.W. Ovink | Amsterdam, 1951

Hondred jaren lettergieterij in Amsterdam by Dr G.W. Ovink | Amsterdam, 1951

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Magnet | Type specimen leaflet | Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt | Arthur Murawski 1951

Magnet | Type specimen leaflet | Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt | Arthur Murawski 1951

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John Baskerville – Type Founder & Printer | Intertype Corporation, New York, 1939

John Baskerville – Type Founder & Printer | Intertype Corporation, New York, 1939

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Bauer Beton type specimen booklet | Bauer Type Foundry Imre Reiner

Bauer Beton type specimen booklet | Bauer Type Foundry Imre Reiner

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The Intertype Cheltonian Family | Advertising type face specimen booklet, 1930s?

The Intertype Cheltonian Family | Advertising type face specimen booklet, 1930s?

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Alphabet Headlines type specimen book produced by Alphabet Ltd, London

Alphabet Headlines type specimen book produced by Alphabet Ltd, London

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Concerning concrete poetry by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer | Slimvolume, 2014

Concerning concrete poetry by Bob Cobbing and Peter Mayer | Slimvolume, 2014

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Slogan | Type specimen leatflet | Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt Helmut Matheis 1959

Slogan | Type specimen leatflet | Ludwig & Mayer, Frankfurt Helmut Matheis 1959

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Våra bokstäver. Tecknade och textade alfabet, boktrycktyper, reklam- och accidenstrycktyper by Erik Lindegren | 1959/60

Våra bokstäver. Tecknade och textade alfabet, boktrycktyper, reklam- och accidenstrycktyper by Erik Lindegren | 1959/60

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Typography Layout Kit | Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, New York, October 1927

Typography Layout Kit | Mergenthaler Linotype Company, Brooklyn, New York, October 1927

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Types Ludwig & Mayer Tipos | Portfolio catalogue type specimens, probably 1950s

Types Ludwig & Mayer Tipos | Portfolio catalogue type specimens, probably 1950s

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Edward Philip Prince. Punch Typecutter by F.C Avis | Limited edition of 1000 copies | Glenview Press, 1967

Edward Philip Prince. Punch Typecutter by F.C Avis | Limited edition of 1000 copies | Glenview Press, 1967

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Studio Bold - Typefoundry Amsterdam | Type specimen leaflet | Dolf Overbeek, 1954

Studio Bold - Typefoundry Amsterdam | Type specimen leaflet | Dolf Overbeek, 1954

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Lettering at Work by Frederick A. Horn | Studio Publication, 1955

Lettering at Work by Frederick A. Horn | Studio Publication, 1955

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The Poynter Report on Newspaper Type Legibility | The Pointer Institute for Media Studies | Palm Beach Post | Roger Black

The Poynter Report on Newspaper Type Legibility | The Pointer Institute for Media Studies | Palm Beach Post | Roger Black

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Atrax | Die Schrift für Titelzeilen | Type specimen | Bauer | Heinrich Jost 1926

Atrax | Die Schrift für Titelzeilen | Type specimen | Bauer | Heinrich Jost 1926

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Albert Flocon: L'Alphabet. Poème en Prose de V. Hugo | Bernard Letu Editeur 1978

Albert Flocon: L'Alphabet. Poème en Prose de V. Hugo | Bernard Letu Editeur 1978

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Alphabet and Image journal No. 5 | September 1947 | Robert Harling, Ian Fleming

Alphabet and Image journal No. 5 | September 1947 | Robert Harling, Ian Fleming

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The Gutenberg Galaxy. The Making of Typographic Man | Marshall McLuhan | 1967

The Gutenberg Galaxy. The Making of Typographic Man | Marshall McLuhan | 1967

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Type Foundry Amsterdam | N. V. Lettergieterij Amsterdam Voorheen N. Tetterode | Brochure, 1957

Type Foundry Amsterdam | N. V. Lettergieterij Amsterdam Voorheen N. Tetterode | Brochure, 1957

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