Letterform Archive

Letterform Archive

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A nonprofit center for inspiration, education, publishing, and community in lettering, typography, and graphic design. We post items from our collection of over 100,000 objects. Visit, take a class, buy a book: https://letterformarchive.org

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On the blog, curatorial consultant Kel Troughton shares an intimate look at his role in building the one-of-a-kind collection of zines and ephemera that inspired both the show and publication. letterformarchive.org/news/an-unde...

letterformarchive.orgAn Undercover Look at Letterform Archive’s Graffiti CollectionFor the past five years, our library of graffiti zines has provided a rare snapshot of an underrepresented art form and the dynamic community that sustains it. Graffiti writer and type designer Kel Tr...
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Featuring selections of the typeface’s innovative specimens as well as rarely seen process material, this playful yet elegant volume includes in-depth essays by authors Andreu Balius and Alex Trochut, as well as a foreword by Alexander Tochilovsky.

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Christopher Slye
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As a former Type West instructor (and current Letterform Archive board member), I’m incredibly happy about the growth of this program and the quality of the student work over the years. I’ll be there tonight and I’m looking forward to celebrating this milestone with everyone!

letterformarchive.orgType For All! Ten Years of Type West | Letterform ArchiveCome celebrate our students from 31 countries and their quirky, beautiful, and (yes!) practical typefaces.
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Jon Sueda: Brainstorming. Martin Venezky: I would rather “material-storm,” that is, gather objects, materials, pictures, and begin intersecting them to see what happens. I like to observe rather than imagine, and that’s when most of my ideas come to me. letterformarchive.org/news/martin-...

letterformarchive.orgMartin Venezky: Process WorkOur next pop-up exhibition is on view in the Reading Room gallery from September 26 to November 8, 2026. Jon Sueda speaks to Martin Venezky about the body of work that inspired it.

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David Shields
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Accidental typographic palimpsests, 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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Our publishing team also generously included every image from the series in this blog post, along with historical context from the publications: letterformarchive.org/news/inside-... Folks always ask us for posters from the collection. This is the most economical way we know to offer them. Enjoy!

letterformarchive.orgInside Creative PapersFrom the golden age of letterpress to the birth of digital type, our new series of gift-wrap and craft-paper books transform beloved objects from our collection for use in wrapping, crafting, framing,...
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More type as Creative Papers. This time its Zuzana Licko’s patternmaking with Emigre Fonts. letterformarchive.org/shop/emigre-... #Emigre #Fonts #Patterns #GiftWrap #Typography

letterformarchive.orgEmigre Creative Papers: Typographic Patterns from a Pioneer of Digital Design (For Gift Wrap, Crafting, Decor & more) | Letterform Archive16 oversize sheets featuring striking motifs from the early days of computer-aided design For Emigre Fonts designer Zuzana Licko, type can do more than generate words: It can be a springboard for eye-...

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Christopher Slye
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Nick Sherman has written a very nice review of Rich Kegler’s movie about Jim Rimmer. I have it on DVD but haven’t watched it since it came out!

boxd.itA ★★★★★ review of Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century (2011)Today I thought I’d take a few minutes to add Jim Rimmer’s Duensing Titling typeface to the Fonts In Use database. As often happens with Fonts In Use, the task I thought would only take a few minutes ...
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Antiques Roadshow’s @nicholowry.bsky.social will join us live, and in person, on Sep 27 to screen an award-winning documentary, followed by a pop-up of Czech objects from Letterform Archive. letterformarchive.org/shop/film-sc...

letterformarchive.orgIdentity – A Czech Graphic Design Love Story | Letterform ArchiveAntiques Roadshow’s Nicholas Lowry joins us in person to screen the award-winning documentary, followed by a pop-up of Czech objects from Letterform Archive.
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Our associate curator, @stewf.com / @typographica.org talks furniture, birding, and type design on the Re(un)covered podcast: reuncoveredpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2206728/epis... #TypeDesign #Typography #Birding #MidCenturyModern

reuncoveredpodcast.buzzsprout.comSo Mod - Re(un)Covered“Birding has so many connections to type”🦉🐦‍⬛🦢Mid-century shifts to clean lines as we situate two more women type designers and their work: Montan by Anna Maria Schildbach (1924–?) and Thomas Schrift ...
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Still spots left in Fer Cozzi’s online workshop, Intro to Modern Type Design. Over ten weeks, gain an understanding of the methodologies and software used to produce high-quality digital typefaces. Leave with your own font. letterformarchive.org/shop/introdu... #TypeDesign #Workshops #Typography

letterformarchive.orgIntroduction to Modern Type Design | Letterform ArchiveOver ten weeks, gain an understanding of the methodologies and software used to produce high-quality digital typefaces.
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See Red Women’s Workshop, Capitalism Also Depends on Domestic Labor screen print, London, 1975 ⁠ In 1974, a group of feminist artists founded the See Red Women’s Workshop to address gender issues such as capitalism’s reliance on unpaid homekeeping and childrearing. #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

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Read more about #SeeRedWomensWorkshop in our book, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. ⁠ letterformarchive.org/shop/striket... ⁠ #Strikethrough #LetterformArchiveBooks #PublicationDesign #LetterformArchive #Typography #TypographyBooks⁠

letterformarchive.orgStrikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest | Letterform ArchiveA powerful new look at history-making uses of lettering, type, and design to amplify resistance and inspire change In chapters exploring the many ways to voice dissent (RESIST!, VOTE!, STRIKE!, TEACH!...

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Jeb Boyt
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Design in daily life

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“…rare books and type specimens live in the stacks alongside punk flyers and chopstick sleeves. Few cultural institutions treat both valuable and everyday objects with equal reverence. At the Archive, ephemera are no longer quite so ephemeral.” letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju... #Design #Museums

letterformarchive.orgThis Just In: Chopstick Sleeves as Emissaries of Japanese Typography and CultureDesigner and educator Angie Wang deciphers a collection of over 500 sleeves recently donated to the Archive.
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If you missed yesterday’s fabulous salon, the recording is now available: vimeo.com/1168257521?f...

vimeo.comSalon Series 56: The History and Craft of French Sign PaintingIn Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painter Alphabets, sign painter Morgane Côme introduces readers to the dazzling chromolithographic…
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We are so pleased with the overwhelming response to our latest book, Lettres Décoratives. Meet the author, Morgane Côme, in conversation with Sam Roberts of Better Letters, on Wed, Feb 25: letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-s... #Lettering #SignPainting #Typography

letterformarchive.orgSalon Series 56: The History and Craft of French Sign Painting | Letterform ArchiveA show-and-tell conversation celebrating the release of our new book, Lettres Décoratives
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We are so pleased with the overwhelming response to our latest book, Lettres Décoratives. Meet the author, Morgane Côme, in conversation with Sam Roberts of Better Letters, on Wed, Feb 25: letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-s... #Lettering #SignPainting #Typography

letterformarchive.orgSalon Series 56: The History and Craft of French Sign Painting | Letterform ArchiveA show-and-tell conversation celebrating the release of our new book, Lettres Décoratives