Letterform Archive @Lett_Arc
A nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community in graphic design and the letter arts. Visit our site to find us on other social platforms. letterformarchive.org San Francisco, CA Joined August 2013-
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A selection of 🌳tree logos🌳 from Trade Marks & Symbols, Volume 2: Symbolical Designs, compiled and edited by Yasaburo Kuwayama, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, 1973.
Christof Gassner, Typographie: Schrift und Graphik mit Letraset, 1978. A catalog designed for an exhibition that ran in Darmstadt, München, and Zürich in 1978–79. It features his own work along with dozens of other designers using Letraset.
A catalog designed for an exhibition that ran in Darmstadt, München, and Zürich in 1978–79, Typographie: Schrift und Graphik mit Letraset (1978) features the work of the catalog’s designer, Christof Gassner, as well as dozens of other artists and designers using Letraset.
Thurs 5/2! For 20+ years, Design Action Collective has been producing graphics to serve social justice campaigns. In this hybrid online/in-person event, Sabiha Basrai will delve into a curated selection of posters representing decades of movement history. letterformarchive.org/shop/hybrid-sa…
Sat, 4/20! Join us for an in-person tour of our current exhibition with curator Rob Saunders. A collector of graphic design for 40+ years, Saunders offers a deep dive into wood type, letterpress printing, and the freedom of experimentation. Register here: letterformarchive.org/shop/typograph…
Luggage labels for Chateau Lake Louise and the Empress in Victoria, British Columbia, Canadian Pacific Hotels. Artist(s) and date(s) unknown.
Alpha-Blox: a Typographic Novelty by ATF, American Type Founders, 1944. “What are Alpha-Blox? Set in building-block fashion, they form the letters of the alphabet, figures, borders, ornaments and innumerable other typographic devices.”
Oskar Hermann Werner (O.H.W.) Hadank, wordmark and symbol for Pelikan products, 1936. As seen in HDK Siebzig Zeichen, Johann Trautmann Verlag Hamburg-Wandsbek, 1961.
If I was a student I would absolutely run to apply to this amazing curatorial internship at @Lett_Arc! Applications due April 28! letterformarchive.org/news/job-annou…
In 2016, we were honored to receive the incredible donation of Emigre’s archives. Now, every page of every issue of the boundary-breaking magazine is free to access, read, and explore in the Online Archive; no login, membership, or subscription required: oa.letterformarchive.org/?dims=Collecti…
Henk Krijger, Raffia Initials, Lettergieterij Amsterdam, 1952.
Robert Stewart, end-papers for Motif: a Journal of the Visual Arts, no. 2, printed and published by the Shenval Press Ltd., London, February 1959.
Alexander Girard, dinner menu for La Fonda del Sol restaurant, New York, ca. 1960.
New online workshop! Latin-Arabic Logo Matchmaking w/Azza Alameddine. Learn about Arabic calligraphic styles through a branding exercise: create the Arabic equivalent of a Latin logotype. Suitable for all levels, no need to know Arabic to participate: letterformarchive.org/shop/latin-ara…
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Henk Krijger, Raffia Initials, Lettergieterij Amsterdam, 1952.
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Can a typeface love you back
Henk Krijger, Raffia Initials, Lettergieterij Amsterdam, 1952.
From 1900, a beautiful collection of graphic specimen borders. presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/bor…
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Glue from Italy, Germany, Finland & Japan. presentandcorrect.com/collections/cu…
Sunday morning design inspiration courtesy of @Lett_Arc
Happy April Fool’s Day from these jokers. 1) Shannon Miwa, We the American People playing cards, 2020. 2) Deseta Design, Royal Pack: Ethiopian Edition, 2023. 3) Kevin Cantrell, Standards Playing Cards, 2019. 4) Jean David (design), El Al Israel Airlines playing cards, 1960s.
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Love this round up of old typographic stitch books from Letterform Archive. letterformarchive.org/news/threading…
A couple we scanned. 1:
Lettering for Stitchers (1973) – a beautiful array of type, designed to be sewn. Published in Sweden, the full alphabet/book is here: presentandcorrect.com/blogs/blog/let…
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@Lett_Arc You might like these Italian graph paper books we found last summer, 1950s
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