This collection is compiled and curated by Valery Marier. It is a labour of love ran in her free time.
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A specimen of the typeface Corona by Linotype. It was part of the Legibility Group series of newspaper types by Linotype and developed by their in-house design team. The lead type designer on this project was Chauncey H. Griffith, who was also known for his work on Bell Gothic.
The type specimen booklet for Foundry Univers. While it was released by Deberny et Peignot and distributed in the United States by the American Type Founders, the type family itself was designed by Adrian Frutiger. The concept for the type family was to take advantage of the then new technology of phototypesetting, but it was also released as metal type.
A formal history of French printing types, printing, and type founding in extreme detail. A great historical reference for the period.
A formal history of French printing types, printing, and type founding in extreme detail. A great historical reference for the period.
Chock full of advertising, die cuts, full color inserts, etc. Although the cover may look humble, the design work inside is absolutely stunning. Especially from pages 17 to 55.
A retelling of the course of western civilization. Features big typography, lots of red, and a very unique grid structure. A must read if you like history and typography.
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“The premise of this book was to take the type in 48 drawers of type, make a text that made sense, and use all of the elements in the fonts once and only once. The book was to be a pseudo-bibliography, and an expose of the peculiar character and activities of all the people [Drucker] had met during the time [She] worked as a staff typesetter at the West Coast Print Center.” — from the archive.org page
This artists book features an interesting experimental mishmash of typography, and reads like a post-modern version of the chap books from the Typophiles.
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Specimens of printing types by the De Vinne press for the use of compositors, proofreaders and publishers.
An advertising brocure for the Photo Typositor; a film typesetting tool. Includes overview, text examples, and examples of use in other posters, as well as theory of operation.
Specimens of old typefaces from the Frederic Nelson Phillips Collection of Antique Exotic Ancient Typefaces. The typefaces are printed on a variety of different paper stocks of varying colours. And since the types are used, you can see the wear on them through the prints.
A manual of linotype typography, prepared to aid users and producers of printing in securing greater unity and real beauty in the printed page.
Several brocures and samples of Letraset instant lettering showing their utility to graphic designers of the period. It’s lettering you just rub down!
A book in the National Geographic Young Explorers series. It Describes the roles of the types of bees, their activities in the hive, and their many uses to man. Has bold colours, chunky typography and playful layouts that were typical of the 1970s.
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A poster and wood type specimen book by Schelter & Giesecke. Some of the typefaces include Nymphe, Nathan, Naxos, Naufikaa, and Breite fette Grotesk. Makes use of bold colours and big type.
A booklet of type specimens for use in poster printing from the French foundry Deberny et Peignot in Paris. Some pages have red markings on them, presumably because specimens like these were also working documents for the commercial artists and printers of the period.
This collection is ran by Valery Marier, using a heavily modified version of Otlet's Shelf.
