Periodical Wall in the reading room at Letterform Archive
Eric Gill, The Four Gospels, Golden Cockerel Press, Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, 1931
George Bickham, Penmanship in its Utmost Beauty and Extent, H. Overton & I. Hoole, London, 1731
Irma Boom, SHV Think Book 1996-1896, SHV Holdings, Utrecht, 1996
Jack Stauffacher, wood type print, ca. 2003
Hand painted label, Lehmann Printing, San Francisco, ca. 1930
Philip Grushkin, mechanical and print for Blue City book jacket, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1947
The reading room at Letterform Archive
Hand painted label sketches, Lehmann Printing, San Francisco, ca. 1930
P. Fleury, Nouvel Album de Lettres Peintes, Libraries-Imprimeries Réunies, Paris, 1903
José Mendoza y Almeida, first specimen of Pascal, Amsterdam, 1960
Alfred Roller, Ver Sacrum Kalender, 1903 and Wes Wilson, posters for Bill Graham, 1960s
Ladislav Sutnar, Essential Product Information, Sweets Catalog Service, New York, ca. 1942
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