An essay on the forgotten art of the punchcutter 1965 :: USA :: R. Hunter Middleton An essay that was published as a keepsake alongside a talk given by R. Hunter Middleton to the School of Library Service of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Language: English| archives.design
Graphic design USA 11 1990 :: New York :: American Institute of Graphic Arts The AIGA graphic design annual for 1990. It shows the best designers in American graphic design from the period. It shows off the year’s most significant designs, and also contains the winners of the American Institute of Graphic Design’s 1990 awards. Language: English Publishers: American Institute of Graphic Arts and Watson-Guptill Publications Designer: Anthonhy Russell Associate Designer: Barbara Nieminen Pro...| archives.design
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
Hawaii Travel Poster 1969 :: Contenential Airlines This travel poster features a Hawaiian surfer wearing a pink lei and red swim trunks. The bright colours and distinct black lines are very typical of the psychadelic posters of it’s period. Language: English| archives.design
Apple human interface guidelines 1987 :: Reading, Massachusetts :: Apple Computers This book outlines the UX/UI guidelines for how a Macintosh program look and behave. This edition defines the rules for the Apple Desktop Interface on the original Macintosh computers as well as the Apple II. Language: English Publisher: Addison-Wesley| archives.design
Let’s Make B for Bennett 1953 :: The Typophiles :: Warren Chappell A booklet by illustrator and type designer Warren Chappell, published by “Friends of Paul Bennett” (dated 1953-12-03), sketching the process of traditional type punchcutting using a counterpunch. The treatment is correct and well illustrated, but exceedingly brief. A portion of the print run was distributed, at Bennett’s request, as Monograph 40 of The Typophiles. 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
Trademarks & Symbols Vol. 1: Alphabetical Designs 1973 :: New York :: Yasaburō Kuwayama Volume 1 of 2 of Kuwayama’s comprehensive book of trademarks and symbols from all over the world. Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Language: English| archives.design
Trademarks & Symbols Vol. 2: Symbolical Designs 1973 :: New York :: Yasaburō Kuwayama Volume 2 of 2 of Kuwayama’s comprehensive book of trademarks and symbols from all over the world. Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Language: English| archives.design
This is Material Design 2014 :: Google An introduction booklet to Google’s Material design language. Language: English Sent in by David Allin Reese (@Davallree)| archives.design
Ergonomics Handbook 1989 :: New York :: IBM A reference book for IBM employees. It set standards for them like optimal keyboard height, proper posture, lighting, etc,. There is a name written in marker on the front cover that doesn’t appear to be original (unfortunately I wasn’t able to verify), but the interior spreads are clean. Language: English| archives.design
Palm Springs Travel Poster 1970 :: USA :: American Airlines This wonderful midcentury modern image comes from a vintage American Airlines travel poster for sunny Palm Springs, California. 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
How do you plan to survive 1986 :: California :: Apple Computers It’s a… earthquake survival guide by Apple? I found this completely randomly and believe that it was for employees, but I couldn’t find any other documentation about it. The layout of the spreads is incredibly playful and uses cut and pasted images that remind me of Dada collages. They also make the type feel like it is in an earthquake, which is really fun. Language: English| archives.design
WAD to RR: A Letter about Designing Type 1940 :: Cambridge, Massachusetts :: William Addison Dwiggins An essay in the form of a letter, expanded and edited for publication, from William Addison Dwiggins to Rudolph Ruzicka on the subject of typeface design. It is especially interesting because it explains Dwiggins’ own process and goes slightly beyond abstract “design” and outlines the interactions between Dwiggins and the type development organization at Mergenthaler Linotype. “G,” ...| 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
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