Spartan Family 1953 :: New Jersey :: American Type Founders A type specimen for ATF’s Spartan Family. Spartan was designed as a response to the popularity of Futura. Language: English| archives.design
Type by Detroit Type Foundry 1951 :: Detroit :: Detroit Type Foundry A type specimen booklet for the Detroit Type Foundry. It includes an index of types alongside a price list for each font size, from 6pt to 72pt. Language: English| archives.design
California Type Foundry Price List [and] Specimens 1947 :: San Francisco :: California Type Foundry Specimen book by the California Type Foundry (San Francisco). This was a 20th century typefoundry (“since 1941”) not to be confused with the 19th century typefoundry of the same name. This specimen is undated, but contains a price increase stamp effective April 1, 1947. The typefaces shown are primarily Lanston Monotype faces. Language: English| archives.design
Corona 1951 :: Linotype Company A specimen of the typeface Corona by Linotype. It was part of the Legibility Group series of newspaper types by Linotype and developed by their in-house design team. The lead type designer on this project was Chauncey H. Griffith, who was also known for his work on Bell Gothic. Language: English| archives.design
IBM Selectric Composer Type Style Portfolio 1970 :: USA :: IBM This is a catalog of fonts available for the IBM Selectric Composer electric typewriter. It uses interesting ‘font balls’ that allow the user to swap out the font that they are using for their typewriter. Language: English| archives.design
Fotosetter Typefaces 1954 :: Brooklyn :: Intertype Corporation A one-line specimen book, dated July 1, 1954, of typefaces available for the Intertype Fotosetter composing machine. Language: English| archives.design
Foundry Univers 1968 :: Paris :: Deberny et Peignot The type specimen booklet for Foundry Univers. While it was released by Deberny et Peignot and distributed in the United States by the American Type Founders, the type family itself was designed by Adrian Frutiger. The concept for the type family was to take advantage of the then new technology of phototypesetting, but it was also released as metal type. Language: English Publisher: American Type Founders (ATF) Designer: Adrian Frutiger| archives.design
Two years ago I began creating a series of hand-drawn typographic prints based on beautiful vintage type specimens – we called them »Show Letters« Prints. Today the series is getting some big updates! First of all: what’s “All New” 1) Seven new designs have been added to the collection. These range from some of Hamilton’s funky … Continue reading All New »Show Letters« Prints →| Mota Italic
1965 :: Baltimore :: Baltimore Type A 1965 catalog/specimen book of "handy boxes" of letterpress printing type by Baltotype (formerly the Baltimore Type and Composition Company). Language: English| Tumblr