Letterform Archive

Tracy Tsutsumoto, detail from SPELLS, a type specimen booklet for Claude, a revival of Garamond, Type West, 2018. Type revivals are the focus of the first term of @typewest, our postgraduate certificate program in type design. We’re taking applications for the (fully online!) class of 2021 through Saturday learn more at lettarc.org/education. #typedesign #typography #graphicdesign #lettering #postgraduate #fonts #fontdesign #spells #magic #creative http://oa.letterformarchive.org/item

Will Bradley, His Book, 1896. Bradley is one of several artists representing the art nouveau and arts and crafts movements whose work is newly added to the Online Archive. Check out our blog to see more exciting additions from this vivid period. #WillBradley #ArtNouveau #ArtsAndCrafts #ArtsAndCraftsMovement #typography #letterpress #ornamentation #ornament #illustration #flowers #floral #graphicdesign https://letterformarchive.org//color-ornament-type-at-the-

Philip Grushkin, book cover process proof for Honey for the Ghost. Check out more of Grushkin’s jacket designs in the Online Archive, many of which are perfect for spooky season: http://oa.letterformarchive.org/search

Gen Ramírez, Victus specimen, Type@Cooper West Extended Program, 2016. See more from this specimen book in the Online Archive, and visit lettarc.org/education to learn more about our postgraduate certificate program in type design. We’re accepting applications for next year’s class, taking place entirely online, through Saturday, October 31. http://oa.letterformarchive.org/item

Max Dorn Presse (compositor, printer), detail from a trifold pamphlet announcing the Bunte Kinderwelt 1971 exhibition at the Klingspor-Museum, featuring demonic letterforms from Jean Midolle’s Alphabet Diabolique (18345). See the full piece in the Online Archive: http://oa.letterformarchive.org/item

Camille Sibucao, Ichkhambay Bold ouija board-themed type specimen, Type@Cooper West Extended Program, 2016. Less than one week remaining until the application deadline for the Type West class of 2021, our (now entirely online) postgraduate certificate program in type design. Submit your portfolio at lettarc.org/education before 11:59pm PDT this Saturday, October 31! http://lettarc.org/education

The 70's Biweekly, No. 23, edited by Wu Zhongxian and Mok Chiu-yu, Hong Kong, 1971. See the rest of this issue in the Online Archive: http://oa.letterformarchive.org/item

Solange Knowles (writing) and Querida (graphic design), embossed card enclosed within A Seat at the Table lyric book, Anteism Books, 2016. #seatatthetable #solange #solangeknowles #dontletanybodystealyourmagic #embossing

Aaron Marcus, Computer Graphics by Aaron Marcus (4 of 15), 1970s. See more from this series, and other examples of Marcus’s computer graphics art, in the Online Archive. #computergraphicsart #computergraphics #computerart #algorithm #graphicdesign #opart http://oa.letterformarchive.org/search

Tézzo Suzuki, asemic writing for a Tokyo book exhibition, 2017. #tezzosuzuki #asemicwriting #asemicart #graphicdesign #lettering #calligraphy

Philip Grushkin, book cover process proof for The Ghostly Tales of Henry James. See the original artwork, plus an alternate design, in the Online Archive: http://oa.letterformarchive.org/search

Bi-fold pamphlet exhibition announcement for "Anton Wolff" at the Klingspor-Museum, Germany, 1964. See the full pamphlet in the Online Archive: http://oa.letterformarchive.org/item

Meet Stephen Coles from Letterform Archive tonight at TypeThursday Los Angeles! All proceeds go towards the Michael Stinson Annual Report Collection at the Letterform Archive. Get your ticket now, and donations in Michael's memory are very much appreciated.