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  • Online Workshops

Introduction to Modern Type Design

with Kel Troughton
  • Lectures/Salons
Collage of books and a photographic portrait of Vivian Sming

Salon Series 36: New Ideas in Visual Language

with Vivian Sming
  • Special Events

Pop-up Exhibition: New Ideas in Visual Language

with Vivian Sming

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  • Education
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2022 Design Lectures: Ten Videos to Revisit at the New Year

Last year Letterform Archive hosted 24 virtual events exploring typography from around the world. You can still watch them all.

  • Collections

Interview with Alan Sobrino of Errant Press

“Now is the time to take words from boring codex forms and put them everywhere.” Vivian Sming talks Latin American artists’ books with Alan Sobrino.

  • Collections

This Just In: Punk Flyers of the Bay Area

Our new collection offers a visual explosion of the 1970s–80s punk scene in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco.

  • Collections

This Just In: Indian Movie Posters

From Bollywood to Tollywood, Tanya George looks at her country’s varied cinematic industries and writing systems through our new collection of film posters.

  • Behind the Scenes

Now Open: The People’s Graphic Design Archive

A new digital platform for documentation and research is set to reveal a more inclusive history, and the ideal complement to Letterform Archive’s physical collection.

  • Behind the Scenes Publishing

Strikethrough in Motion

Our latest exhibition is open and the reviews are in! Get a video sneak peek at the gallery and catalog.

  • Collections

How Type Travelled Across Nations and Foundries

Our correspondent Tanya George dives into the Archive’s type specimen collection to explore the many ways typeface designs changed hands in the metal era.

  • Collections

Books on Text and Textile

Vivian Sming, our new curatorial fellow, pulls on threads within the collection, tying together concepts of weaving and language.

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