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7 months ago

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7 months ago

Some noodling on the RISO w/ variants of Page & Co’s Gothic Paneled — 1st shown in 1874’s _Specimen of Chromatic Wood Type…_ & patented on 3 March 1874 as US Design Patent 7,230.
www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled...

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8 months ago

“Billy Morgans—the boss typo of the County…” http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans
#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #history #NineteethCentury #19thCentury

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8 months ago

I’ve updated the list of Rob Roy Kelly’s 1964 folio w/ newly located copies http://www.woodtyperesearch.com No 5, in a private collection, was Kelly’s personal copy, recently consigned by his daughter.
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8 months ago

I’ve updated the list of Rob Roy Kelly’s 1964 folio w/ newly located copies http://www.woodtyperesearch.com No 5, in a private collection, was Kelly’s personal copy, recently consigned by his daughter.
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #type #typography #LetterForms #NineteenthCentury #Archives #Bibliography

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Design Reviewed

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8 months ago

Univers, 21 Variations Specimen, Deberny & Peignot, 1960s www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/un... #adrianfrutiger #typography #typespecimen #univers

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Letterform Archive

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9 months ago

Cover of a leaflet, blue background with an illustration of a paintbrush “painting” white, with a black “Brush” where the paint is applied. Above is “Monotype Series, No. 302”, and below is “Lanston Monotype Machine Company Twenty-fourth and Locust Streets, Philadelphia 3, Penna.”

Interior spread of leaflet showing 9 framed examples of Brush in use, mostly for advertisements.

Back side of leaflet showing character set and waterfall samples of the typeface.

Specimen for Brush, (Typeface by Robert E. Smith), Lanston Monotype, Philadelphia, 1942.

More commonly known as Brush Script in its digital version, Brush is one of the more successful examples of mid-20th-century script lettering translated to metal type.

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10 months ago

Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.

Overlapping typographic forms from 1844 L. Johnson specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.

Overlapping typographic forms from 1827 George Bruce specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with high contrast tonal value letterforms.

Accidental typographic palimpsests, encountered in Special Collections at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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10 months ago

Overlapping typographic forms from 1844 L. Johnson specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.

Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.

Overlapping typographic forms from 1827 George Bruce specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with high contrast tonal value letterforms.

Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.

Accidental typographic palimpsest, encountered in Special Collections at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
——— #WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #NineteethCentury #Palimpsest

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Letterform Archive

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11 months ago

Did you collect all the Emigre specimens over the last four decades? Now you can get 40 booklets in a single 1,264-page volume. “Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024” is available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/emigre-...

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Design Reviewed

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11 months ago

Type specimen book of Typefoundry Amsterdam, 1960 www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/ty... #typography #typespecimen #typedesign

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#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #letterforms #typography #letterpress #type #design #GraphicDesign #NineteenthCentury #OnThisDay #birthday #bibliography #archives #ArchivesOfInstagram #libraries #collections #excelsior

11 months ago

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Val Lucas - Bowerbox Press

1 year ago

Happy Birthday William Hamilton Page,born in Tilton, NH, USA, March 14, 1829. Images shown here from his co’s 1878 specimen catalog, slightly repurposed from 1867.

More at www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-hamilton-page/

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@bowerbox.com

1 year ago

The artists hand holds a two color print of a grid of flowers and leaves in front of the printing press and form used to print the green color.

Got the second color printed too. I'm really pleased with how this turned out! This will be the specimen for this 18pt VWT Primrose border, designed by James Greishaber and engraved & cast by me. I'll be casting fonts in March, pre-order info to come. #letterpress #typecasting #typespecimen

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Manon

@loremhypso.bsky.social

1 year ago

Bonne année à tous·tes 🌞✨
📸 extrait des petites expérimentations en vue de réalisation du spécimen du caractère Velvelyne que l’on conçoit avec Mariel Nils
#Typographie #GraphicDesign #TypeSpecimen #HNY

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