Letterology
Showing posts with label Type Specimen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Type Specimen. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2014

A Glimpse of Modernist Type Design in Germany

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This set of seven type specimen sample brochures, released by the Schriftguss A-G foundry in Dresden in the late 1930s, ...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

The 1952 Typewriter Type Issue

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In June  1952, Print magazine devoted an entire issue to the typewriter, "a machine to supersede the pen." The front c...
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Sunday, March 24, 2013

19th Century Alphabet Portfolio

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A portfolio of late Victorian alphabets and monograms containing a set of 30 lithograph cards published by Friedr. Bartholomaus of Frankfu...
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Monday, May 7, 2012

A Signmaker's Textbook

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Der Praktische Schildermaler (The Practical Signmaker), Series 2 , by Hans J. Jedlitschka, 1910, printed by Friedrich Wolfrum and Co., ...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Lettering For The Trades

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Lovely lettering sample book published in Rotterdam in 1900 for signpainters, stonecutters, lithographers and architects. Ki...
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LETTEROLOGY Letǝrälǝjē | noun 1. The study of characters and symbols of an alphabet representing one or more sounds used in speech. 2. written, typed or printed communication in the form of a document, a book, or manuscript. 3. literature: the world of letters 4. printing a style of letters, text or marks on paper or other substrate. 5. ephemera containing printed text and decorations 6. the intersection of typography, books and design
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