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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The Monotype Recorder | Vol. 26, No. 234 | Jan-Feb 1930 issue
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The Typographical Association | Origins and History up to 1949 by A. E. Musson | Oxford University Press, 1954
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Monotype Composition Faces | Monotype Corporation booklet | Undated, probably 1960s?
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Linotype Caledonia – fold out type specimen poster | W.A. Dwiggins | Undated
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The Monotype Recorder Vol XXVI No 217 Jan-Feb 1927 | Antonio Blado Italic
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Monotype Recorder July-August 1924 Vol XXIII, No. 202 | Monotype Corporation
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Intertype Headletter and Display Type Faces | Intertype Corporation brochure | Undated
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TypoGraphic Writing edited by David Jury | Introduction by Wim Crouwel | International Society of Typographic Designers, 2001
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Visible Language journal Vol XV, No. 1, 1981 | Spatial arrangement of text
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Visible Language journal Vol V, No. 2, Spring 1971
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Intertype Garamond | Wire-bound type specimen brochure | Undated
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A check-list of the Caslon Old Face type family | Caslon type specimen brochure
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Flash and Psitt – 2 x type specimen sheets | Fonderie Typographique Française
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Type Design: An Essay on American Type Design | Douglas C. McMurtrie, 1927
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Adynamische Werken, Wim T Schippers | Museum Fodor Amsterdam – fold-out sheet, 1962
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Lettergieterij Joh. Enschedé En Zonen Haarlem, Holland | Undated
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Typographic 70 | International Society of Typographic Designers ISTD, 2017
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Cable Series: Orplid | Type specimen | Cable series designed by Rudolph Koch | Klingspor 1930s
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My Justification – Congress of the Association Typographique, 1992 | Colin Banks | Limited edition booklet
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Soldans Types | The Erbar Grotesque in Three Series | Type specimen brochure | Designed by Jakob Erbar
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Traité de la Typographie | Henri Fournier (Reprint of the 1825 edition) 1971
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Signature | 3, July 1936 | Edward Bawden and Graham Sutherland | Edited by Oliver Simon
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Typographische Monatsblätter. January 1961, No. 80
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A booklet of interest to every printer... | Stephenson Blake promotional booklet | Undated, probably 1950s?
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Designing Books by Jost Hochuli | Agfa Compugraphic | 1990 | Ruari McLean
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The Bibliophile’s Almanack for 1927 editors Oliver Simon and Harold Child | The Fleuron Curwen Press
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Le Correcteur Typograph. Essai historique, documentaire et technique by L.E. Brossard | 1971 Edition
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The Western Type Book – 191 Specimens of Typefaces for Books | Hans Schmoller, 1962
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Font. Sumner Stone, Calligraphy & Type Design in a Digital Age | Ditchling, 2000
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Soldan & Co No. 19 | Type specimen booklet | Early 20th century
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Visible Language journal | Volume XXIII, Number 2/3 Spring/Summer 1989
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Visible Language journal | Vol V Number 3, Summer 1971
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Bauer Beton | Type specimen booklet | Bauer Type Foundry | Heinrich Jost 1936?
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Schriftvorlagen portfolio | Bertold Wolpe, Rudolph Koch | Kassel 1934
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Classical Typography in the Computer Age by Hermann Zapf and John Dreyfus, 1991 | William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
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The Monotype Recorder – May 1912 Vol XI No. CXXV | Lanston Monotype Corporation
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