Cooper Black in platform shoes. Lettera 4 credits the design and copyright to Morografic in Zürich. It’s a simple modification of an existing font by a phototype shop, which was a common practice in the 1960s–80s. Cool cedilla. The ‘y’ is a drugged departure in an attempt to maintain legibility. The open ‘Q’ is another modification that doesn’t quite work. Somalia in use →

Final Poster Poster Comp Poster Comp Specimen layout roughs

Typography: type specimens de Francis Meynell, Pelican Press, 1923, London.

From a book I made for the class Type III with Peter Cocking. The idea was to create type specimens for three important typefaces. I chose Caslon, Miller and Scala sans.

More than 80 photos of marvelous wood type alphabets in this Flickr set. The scans are from Rob Roy Kelly’s 100 Wood Type

Opinions on corporate and brand identity work

Alphabet made out of signs I found in London. Alphabet made out of things and places in my room.

Apodemia mormo langei (HOLOTYPE ♂ of Apodemia langei) - top view USA: CALIFORNIA: Contra Costa Co., Antioch, 14-VIII-1938 [LACM] - photo by Kim Davis, Mike Strangeland, and Andrew Warren

Typography fans will find plenty to drool over in this new postcard set, which brings together 50 type specimens from designer Tobias Frere-Jones’ personal collection.

Class assignment

Saved by Hiten Patel (@sincerelyhiten). Discover more of the best Type Specimens and Type inspiration on Designspiration

An absolute must-have for any typography buff, these wood type alphabets, available as a Flickr photoset from Patricia M, make up one of the most visually

Saved by Anton Rhoden (@almr1226). Discover more of the best Typography, Type Specimens, and Type inspiration on Designspiration

Paul Shaw Letter Design » Type Specimens, Type Specimen and More Type Specimens—Letterforms Study Group in San Francisco August 21–23, 2023

Newberry Library; Chicago

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Select pages from the exquisite specimen book produced by the William H. Page wood type company.