Gallery
Letterform Archive holds materials in a variety of formats, including books, periodicals, posters, sketches, original art for reproduction, and related ephemera. This gallery represents our digitization standards and a small sampling of our collection. There is much more in the Online Archive.
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Jean Midolle, Spécimen des escritures modernes, Simon Fils, Strasbourg, 1834–35, 28 x 40 cm -
Marcel Duchamp, cover for George Hugnet’s La septième face du dé, éditions Jeanne Bucher, Paris, 1936, 30 x 22 cm -
Elaine Lustig Cohen, Exhibition catalog for Marca-Relli: New Paintings, Kootz Gallery, New York, 1958-59, 14 x 22 cm -
Emory Douglas, The Black Panther, Oakland, 1970, 45 x 29 cm -
Paul Rand, Graphic Design Guide for IBM, 1990, 29 x 27 cm -
Lucian Bernhard, Bernhard Gothic, Bauer, 1930, 31 x 23 cm -
Lucian Bernhard, Bernhard Brushscript, Bauer, 1930, 27 x 19 cm -
Lester Beall, Scope magazine No. 7, Upjohn Company, 1944, 29 x 23 cm -
James Ward & Arnold Saks, Communication Arts, 1960, 28 x 21 cm -
David Carson, Raygun No. 11, Santa Monica, 1993, 31 x 25 cm -
Herbert Bayer, World Geographic Atlas, Privately printed for Container Corporation of America, Chicago, 1953, 40 x 29 cm -
Richard Danne, Christmas greeting card, 1967, 24 x 23 cm -
Tom Geismar, New Year greeting card, 2003, 13 x 20 cm -
Lance Wyman, Mexico Olympics sports program and folding map, 1968, 27 x 19 cm -
Lance Wyman, Mexico Olympics Newsletter, No. 27, 1968, 23 x 23 cm -
Ladislav Sutnar, How to Show Telephone Numbers on Letterheads, 1964, 28 x 22 cm -
Elmer Alder, The Colophon, New York, 1930, 27 x 22 cm -
Corita Kent, Damn Everything But The Circus, 1970, 28 x 28 cm -
W. A. Dwiggins, AIGA exhibition catalog, 1937, 23 x 17 cm -
Max Miedinger & Eduard Hoffman, brochure specimen for Helvetica Kursiv halbfett, Münchenstein, Haas, 1957, 22 x 21 cm -
Rudolf Koch, brochure specimen for Zeppelin, Offenbach, Klingspor, 1929, 28 x 22 cm -
Ross George, original artwork for Gothic Blocks alphabet in the Speedball Textbook, Seattle, circa 1941, 26 x 18 cm -
Ross George, original artwork for the Speedball Textbook, Seattle, circa 1938, 39 x 27 cm -
Philip Grushkin, original artwork for book jacket of The Disappearance, New York, Rinehart & Company, 1951, 41 x 36 cm -
Philip Grushkin, printed book jacket of The Disappearance, New York, Rinehart & Company, 1951, 22 x 19 cm -
Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, cover of Bauhausbauten Dessau by Walter Gropius, Bauhausbücher 12, Munich, Langen, 1930, 23 x 18 cm -
Albert Klijn, Ons Schone Stiel (Our Clean Style), gouache on board, Amsterdam, 1922, 30 x 21 cm -
Jonathan Safran Foer, Tree of Codes, London, Visual Editions, 2010, 22 x 27 cm -
Marcel Duchamp, cover of View Magazine, New York, 1945, 31 x 23 cm -
Romano Hänni, Typo Bilder Buch, handset and printed letterpress on paper towels, Basel, 2012, 27 x 47 cm -
Charles Gilbert, Livre d'heures de Monsieur de Bonneil, illuminated manuscript book on slunk vellum, Paris, 1689, 16 x 22 cm -
A flong, or stereotype matrix, used as the cover of PM Magazine, New York, 1935, 20 x 14 cm -
Anonymous scribe & illuminator, Persian manuscript of Yusuf & Zulayka by Jami, Kashmir, late 18th century, 21 x 30 cm -
Filippo Marinetti, Les Mots en Liberté Futuristes, Edizionii Futuriste di Poesia, Milan, 1919, 19 x 26 cm -
Jan Tschichold, Schriftschreiben für Setzer, Klimsch, Frankfurt, 1931, 15 x 21 cm -
Anonymous scribe & illuminator, Book of Hours, manuscript in textura hand on vellum, Brügge, 1470, 19 x 30 cm -
Man Ray, Facile by Paul Eluard, Paris, Editions GLM, 1935, 25 x 19 cm -
A. M. Cassandre, A 2 Doigts a la Mort..., Paris, 1932, 26 x 21 cm -
Nicolas Jenson, leaf of Euclid, Venice, Jenson, 1475 -
Anonymous scribe, Latin Devotional Manuscript, humanist hand on vellum, Italy, 1510, 20 x 29 cm -
Irma Boom, Chanel No. 5, Paris, Chanel, 2013, 25 x 42 cm -
Georges Hugnet, La Septième Face du Dé, Paris, Jeanne Bucher, 1936, 29 x 43 cm -
Anonymous scribe, Manuscript Leaf on vellum, latin devotional text in late Carolingian minuscule, Northern Italy, circa 1120, detail 27 x 31 cm -
Francisco Javier de Santiago y Palomares, Arte de Escribir, Madrid, Benito Cano, 1789, 39 x 59 cm -
Bruce Rogers, Fra Luca de Pacioli by Stanley Morison, New York, Grolier Club, 1933, 32 x 44 cm -
John Baskerville, Juvenalis Satyrae, Birmingham, Baskerville, 1761, 31 x 48 cm -
Giambattista Bodoni, Manuale Tipografico, Parma, Bodoni, 1818, 33 x 46 cm -
Thomas Ingmire, One day by Jack Hirschman, handmade book, San Francisco, 2017, 39 x 58 cm -
Anonymous scribe, Manuscript Bible Leaf on vellum, Germany, 1450, 44 x 30 cm -
Johannes Gutenberg, Printed Bible Leaf, Mainz, Gutenberg, 1455, 41 x 30 cm -
Anonymous scribe, Papal Brief from Leo X, chancery cursive on vellum, Rome, 1514, 17 x 47 cm -
Alfons Mucha, Le Pater, Paris, H. Piazza & Cie, 1899, 41 x 34 cm -
Victor Moscoso, poster for The Miller Blues Band at the Matrix, San Francisco, 1967, 51 x 36 cm -
Lee Conklin, poster for Ten Years After at the Fillmore, San Francisco, 1968, 54 x 36 cm -
Wes Wilson, poster for Moby Grape at the Fillmore, San Francisco, 1967, 54 x 35 cm -
David Singer, poster for Traffic at the Fillmore, San Francisco, 1970, 54 x 36 cm -
Rick Griffin & Victor Moscoso, poster for Jimi Hendrix Experience at Winterland, San Francisco, 1968, 55 x 36 cm -
Ladislav Sutnar, Essential Product Information, New York, Sweets Catalog Service, 1942, 31 x 46 cm -
Wes Wilson, handbill for 13th Floor Elevator at the Fillmore, San Francisco, 1966, 22 x 13 cm -
Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Priere Pour Nous Autres Charnels by Charles Peguy, Heereveen, De Blauwe Schuit, 1941, 20 x 15 cm -
Giovanni Antonio Tagliente, Lo Presente Libro..., Venice, late 16th century (lacks title page), 19 x 28 cm -
Kasimir Malevich, Pervyi Tsikl Lektsii by Nikolai Punin, St. Petersburg, Narkompros Department of Performing Arts, 1920, 22 x 15 cm -
Eric Gill, An Essay on Typography, London, Sheed & Ward, 1931, 21 x 13 cm -
Oswald Cooper, A Calendar for 1930, Chicago, Bertsch & Cooper, 22 x 17 cm -
Will Weber, Das Hohe Lied Salomonis, manuscript book, Offenbach, 1923, 26 x 35 cm -
Paul Rand, El Producto Cigar Album (box), New York, circa 1952, 22 x 29 cm -
Lester Beall, Scope Magazine, Kalamazoo, The Upjohn Company, 1948, 29 x 23 cm -
Emil Ruder, cover of Typographische Monatsblätter, St. Gallen, Zollikofer & Co., 1961, 31 x 23 cm -
Ivan Senchenko, Ukrainian Children’s Book, 1965, 26 x 20 cm -
Anonymous, cover of De Gemeenschap, Utrecht, 1930, 25 x 19 cm -
Anthon Beeke, Alphabet Kwadraat-Blad, Hilversum, de Jong, 1970, 25 x 25 cm -
Walter Huxley, id, gouache sketch for logotype, New York, circa 1935, detail 15 x 11 cm -
Jan van den Velde, Spieghel der Schrijfkonste, Rotterdam, 1605, 23 x 32 cm -
Rudy VanderLans, Emigre 15, 1990 -
Ross George, Speedball Text Book, 14th Edition, 1941 -
Remco Campert & Wim Crouwel, De letter N, 1967 -
Ladislav Sutnar, MM Multi-Measure Metal Enclosures, 1944 -
Karel Teige, book cover design for Konstantin Biebl, 1928 -
Irma Boom, SHV Think Book 1996–1896, 1996 -
George Bickham, Penmanship in its Utmost Beauty and Extent, 1731 -
De Reclame: Officieel Orgaan van het Genootschap voor Reclame, Year 10, No. 5, Den Haag, 1931 -
Harrild and Sons, wood type specimen, circa 1895 -
Rudolf Koch, Das Gesicht des Jesaia, blockbook, 1919 -
Piet Zwart, brochure for Nijgh and van Ditmar, 1931 -
Albert Klijn, ink on board, original lettering for anniversary mark, circa 1950
