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 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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Invitation European Typography Today Bauer Type Foundry Alphabets 1961 Walter Plata

Invitation European Typography Today Bauer Type Foundry Alphabets 1961 Walter Plata

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Linotype Times Roman – type specimen fold out poster | Undated

Linotype Times Roman – type specimen fold out poster | Undated

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Linotype Memphis – type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1967

Linotype Memphis – type specimen leaflet | Undated, possibly 1967

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Linotype Jubilee type face – type specimen leaflet | December 1963 | Newspaper type

Linotype Jubilee type face – type specimen leaflet | December 1963 | Newspaper type

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True To Type: Letterpress Printing catalogue | Crafts Council | Colin Banks 1994

True To Type: Letterpress Printing catalogue | Crafts Council | Colin Banks 1994

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Monotype Alphabet Tracing Sheets – promotional leaflet, The Monotype Corporation

Monotype Alphabet Tracing Sheets – promotional leaflet, The Monotype Corporation

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Visible Language – Research Journal | Volume IX, Number 2, Spring 1975

Visible Language – Research Journal | Volume IX, Number 2, Spring 1975

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Letters from Amsterdam. Presented by Typefoundry Amsterdam to members of the tenth International Congress of Master Printers held in the Netherlands in June 1960

Letters from Amsterdam. Presented by Typefoundry Amsterdam to members of the tenth International Congress of Master Printers held in the Netherlands in June 1960

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Typographica 7 (Old Series) edited by Herbert Spencer | Lund Humphries, 1953

Typographica 7 (Old Series) edited by Herbert Spencer | Lund Humphries, 1953

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Broadsheet Type-faces in use at The Marlborough College Press undated

Broadsheet Type-faces in use at The Marlborough College Press undated

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Monotype 'Plantin' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Monotype 'Plantin' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

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Monotype 'Fournier' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

Monotype 'Fournier' type specimen leaflet | The Monotype Corporation | Undated

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Typography Papers 7 | University of Reading | Hyphen Press | Editor Paul Stiff, 2007

Typography Papers 7 | University of Reading | Hyphen Press | Editor Paul Stiff, 2007

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Electronic Typesetting: a quarter century of technological upheaval by L.W. Wallis | Foreword by A.H. Phillips | The Paradigm Press, 1984

Electronic Typesetting: a quarter century of technological upheaval by L.W. Wallis | Foreword by A.H. Phillips | The Paradigm Press, 1984

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Monotype Copyfitting Indicator | Rotating calculator, The Monotype Corporation | Undated, 1950s?

Monotype Copyfitting Indicator | Rotating calculator, The Monotype Corporation | Undated, 1950s?

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Can you spot the most famous type faces? Monotype Corporation leaflet, undated

Can you spot the most famous type faces? Monotype Corporation leaflet, undated

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Youthline script type | Stephenson Blake | Type specimen booklet, undated

Youthline script type | Stephenson Blake | Type specimen booklet, undated

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Key to Typefaces – identification leaflet | A. Voysey | National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, 1962

Key to Typefaces – identification leaflet | A. Voysey | National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs, 1962

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