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Sylvia Abernathy, album art for Delmark, 1966. Abernathy (who later changed her name to “Laini”) is believed to be the first Black woman to be credited as a designer on album covers. Read more: letterformarchive.org/news/laini-s... #SylviaAbernathy #Laini #BlackDesigners #AlbumArt #1960s

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Letterform Lecture: Alfabeti Modernisti Italiani with Riccardo Olocco, Valentina Casali, Giulio Galli Rediscover the bold, geometric letterforms that defined an era of Italian design. Tue, Mar 4, 2025 12:00pm–1:30pm PT (8:00pm–9:30pm GMT) Online Register: letterformarchive.org/shop/alfabet...

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Jean Larcher, Pop Message Postcards, Dover, 1979 #Lettering #Postcards #JeanLarcher #LetterformArchive #1970s

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Mari Tepper, Hallelujah the Pill!!, San Francisco, 1967 This poster, featured in our 2022 Strikethrough exhibition, celebrates one of the key contributors to the sexual revolution: the FDA’s approval of the first oral contraceptive (and the Supreme Court’s ruling that people could use it in 1965).

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Identity for Via Triozzi, Dallas, 2022–2023. Restaurant Branding with Douglas Riccardi: Learn the principles of menu design and typographic storytelling from a 30-year veteran of the NY restaurant scene. Workshop at Letterform Archive Mar 22–23, 2025 letterformarchive.org/shop/introdu...

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Leviathan luggage tag, New York, ca. 1930.⁠ ⁠ With a crew of over 1,000, the Leviathan was one of the largest passenger ships that crossed the Atlantic during its main run between 1922 and 1934.⁠ ⁠ #RichardEphemeraCollection #Ephemera #LuggageTag #UnitedStatesLinesLeviathan #ArtDeco

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Tickets for “A Century of Progress: International Exposition Chicago”, 1933. For those who could afford it, the Chicago World’s Fair offered an escape from the Great Depression. Even the tickets were printed in cheery colors. #RichardSheaffCollection #Ephemera #Tickets #WorldsFair #1930s #Chicago

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Li Cheong Hing, watercolor and postage stamp collage on postcard, Canton (Guangzhou), China, date unknown. Richard Sheaff collected about a dozen of Hing’s assemblages. They use stamps from all over the world, incl. USA, China, Mexico, and UK. #Collage #China #RichardSheaffEphemera #PostageStamps

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Trade card for Bortree Manufacturing Co., NY, ca. 1880. In 2023 the Richard Sheaff Ephemera Collection found a home at Letterform Archive: letterformarchive.org/news/richard... The work to process over 26,000 trade cards, labels, tickets, and other ephemera is ongoing. Here’s another peek.

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Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.; Racism, Materialism, Militarism; letterpress on map, Detroit, 2014 Citizen Printer is open through March 16 at Letterform Archive. Visit, see the online exhibition, buy the book: letterformarchive.org/news/amos-pa... #Printing #Letterpress #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackDesigners

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Roman Scherer wood type catalog, Lucerne, ca. 1905. Get inspired by chromatic specimens like these, draw some letters, and then make your own color fonts in our online workshop with SophiaTypeLove. Mar 1–2, 2025 9:00am–12:00pm PT (5:00pm–8:00pm GMT) letterformarchive.org/shop/colorfu...

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Yusuf and Zulaikha (يوسف وزليخة), unknown scribe, 1880–1910, Kashmir. ⁠ This Muslim story was adapted in Persian by Jami in the 15th century. See the full illuminated manuscript in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=... ⁠ #Persian #Quran #YusufAndZulaikha #Calligraphy #Nastaliq

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Film posters in Devanagari, Latin, Telugu, and Bengali scripts: Samaj Ko Badal Dalo | समाज को बदल डालो, 1970 Bhakta Prahlāda | భక్త ప్రహ్లాద, 1967 Kābuli’ōẏālā | কাবুলিওয়ালা, 1957 Read about our collection: letterformarchive.org/news/indian-... #Lettering #India #Bollywood #MoviePosters #Telugu #Hindi #Bangali

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Want to know how to design typefaces? Our 10-week course with the great Fer Cozzi is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics in a supportive, online environment. Class starts Feb 26! letterformarchive.org/shop/introdu... #Fonts #TypeDesign #Typography

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Hamilton Manufacturing Co., Add "punch" to your printing with Hamilton wood type (Hamilton Catalog No. 25), Two Rivers, WI, 1951. Thanks to our pals in printing, Arion Press, for donating many type specimens to our collection, including this one. #WoodType #1950s #TypeSpecimens #HamiltonWoodType

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Michael Harvey, Calligraphy in the Graphic Arts, London, 1988; and Creative Lettering: Drawing & Design, 1985. Images 3 and 4 show the difference between calligraphy (written letters) and lettering (drawn letters). #Calligraphy #Lettering #Pen #Brush #MichaelHarvey #LetterformArchive

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Today at 12:00pm PST / 8:00pm GMT: Type West 2024 Online Graduation & Typeface Reveal letterformarchive.org/shop/type-we...

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Albert Klijn, Ons Schone Stiel (Our Clean Style), gouache on board, Amsterdam, 1922, 30 x 21 cm. Klijn (1895–1981; AKA Alb. Klyn), was a Dutch graphic designer, painter, and illustrator known for designing many items for the city of Amsterdam. #Lettering #Pink #1920s #AlbertKlijn #Illustration

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We got a haul of new stuff from @letterformarchive.org today, and I’ve been geeking out over them all. Here’s but one.

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Santi Pozzi, Prietto Viaja Al Cosmos Con Mariano at Zaguan Sur, Buenos Aires, 2013. ¡Gracias to Santi Pozzi for his recent donation of seven screen printed gig posters! We can’t wait to put these on the table next to Wilson, Moscoso, and MacLean. #Psychedelic #Posters #Screenprint #SantiPozzi

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Franklin Type Foundry, Convenient Book of Specimens, Cincinnati, 1892.⁠ Specimen makers aimed to show each typeface at its best, often picking random words that display key letters and characteristics. #TypeSpecimens #Poetry #Typefaces #Fonts #1890s #Victorian #Typefaces #Fonts

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The Business Printer (back cover), The Porte Press, Salt Lake City, 1931. #Typography #Magazines #Typefaces #Fonts

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Today I went to the @letterformarchive.org, which currently has an exhibition of the works of Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., who uses text prints for fierce, uncompromising political commentary.

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Live at the Archive, meet master calligrapher Khalid Pablo Casado, and see demonstrations of an art form practiced since the 15th century. Tue, Feb 11, 2025 at 6:00pm PST Hybrid: Onsite at Letterform Archive and Online via Zoom letterformarchive.org/shop/sacred-... #Calligraphy #ArabicCalligraphy

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There is still time to apply!!! Are you studying a script considered as digitally disadvanted? Meaning: a script that has very few or hardly any presence in the digital world, due to missing encoding, none or complex keyboard implementation or use, etc. +info and application 👉 link in bio

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Hunter Saxony III, BLM, ca. 2020. Read more about Saxony: letterformarchive.org/news/the-las... And see more of his calligraphy in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org?dims=Name_KE... #Calligraphy #Blackletter #BlackArtists #BlackDesigners #BLM

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My precious. So incredible to see this. I’ve been following Emigre since the late 1990s, when I wrote about them in my dissertation. Thank you @letterformarchive.org !

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George Bickham (engraver), The Universal Penman, London, 1736. See more in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=... #Calligraphy #GeorgeBickham #WritingBooks #1730s #18thCentury

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Had an amazing text / textile inspiration research visit at @letterformarchive.org today. It was exactly what I needed. Lots more pictures to come, but here's one worth sharing tonight, from a Camp Books pamphlet. #DHmakes

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Fer Cozzi, Audaz (custom typeface for Nike), 2023. Learn type design with Fer Cozzi, online! Create your own font, from sketch to screen (and everything in between). 10 weekly sessions, 3 hours each: Feb 26 – Apr 30, 2025 letterformarchive.org/shop/introdu... #TypeDesign #Fonts #FontDesign

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Chip Thomas (photographer and designer) & Thea Gahr (linocut artist and printer), Tear Down the Walls! Build Up the People!, 2017. #BlackDesigners #Immigration #MexicoBorder #LatinAmerica #Lettering #Linocut

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Three issues of The Business Printer, The Porte Press, Salt Lake City, UT, 1931–32. We recently received seven issues of this charming little magazine of samples, tips, news, and history. Roy Trewin Porte founded and ran the publication until his death in 1936. #TheBusinessPrinter #1930s #Printing

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