# Letterform Archive: A nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community in the graphic arts\.

> A nonprofit center for inspiration, education, and community in graphic design and the letter arts\.

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## Pages
- [About Us](https://letterformarchive.org/about/)
- [Terms of Service](https://letterformarchive.org/terms-of-service/)
- [Shop](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/)
- [News](https://letterformarchive.org/news/)
- [Collections](https://letterformarchive.org/collections/)

## Posts
- [Seen Together: Ludwig \& Mayer Type Specimen and Poster Design for Chlorodont](https://letterformarchive.org/news/seen-together-chlorodont/): \<figure class="L"\>\<img src="https://letterformarchive\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2026/06/Chlorodont\-together\.gif"\>\</figure\>\<p\>\<i\>Spanning stylistic and topical boundaries, Letterform Archive’s collection often invites unexpected and evocative connections\.\</i\> Seen Together \<i\>is a new blog series featuring our favorite object pairings—works that may come from very different times and places, yet sit next to each other in dialogue on a tour table\.\</i\>\</p\>
- [\<cite\>Piet Zwart: Brand Architect\</cite\>](https://letterformarchive.org/news/piet-zwart-brand-architect-exhibition/): \<figure class="L"\>\<img src="https://letterformarchive\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2025/11/PZ\_BA\_2x1Logo\.jpg"\>\</figure\>

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\<p\>The brilliant Dutch modernist Piet Zwart \(1885–1977\) described himself as a “typotekt”\. The term captured his multidisciplinary approach, creating a legacy that bridged architecture, industrial design, interior design, graphic design, typography, and photography\. \</p\>
- [From the Collection: Emigre Font Development Files](https://letterformarchive.org/news/from-the-collection-emigre-font-development-files/): \<figure class="L"\>\<img src="https://letterformarchive\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2026/05/Emigre\-process\-work\-banner\-web\.jpg"\>\</figure\>\<p\>Donated along with \<a href='https://letterformarchive\.org/collections/\#emigre'\>their collection\</a\> in 2016, Emigre’s font development files represent a rare comprehensive view of a digital type foundry’s process\. After two years of work, the collection is now digitized in full, a world’s first for such an archive\. A selection of objects will be made available to the public through the \<a href='https://oa\.letterformarchive\.org/'\>Online Archive\</a\>\.\</p\>
- [The Small Foundry Fund for Type West at Letterform Archive](https://letterformarchive.org/news/the-small-foundry-fund-for-type-west/): \<figure class="L"\>\<img src="https://letterformarchive\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2026/04/LetterForm\-Archive\-33\-e1777590880117\.jpg"\>\</figure\>

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\<p\>We are excited to announce a meaningful way to support \<a href="https://letterformarchive\.org/education/\#type\-west"\>Type West\</a\> students through accessible and high\-impact giving\. What’s Type West? Type West is a yearlong, postgraduate certificate program in type design available in person in San Francisco or online to students worldwide\. We are exceedingly proud of this program, which is now \<a href="https://letterformarchive\.org/news/type\-west\-alumni\-spotlight\-2024\-2025/"\>celebrating its tenth year\</a\>\!\</p\>

\<p\>How can you support the future of type design through historically grounded, accessible education? Consider joining the Small Foundry Fund\.\</p\>
- [Black Memory Scholar: The Language of Storytellers](https://letterformarchive.org/news/black-memory-scholar-the-language-of-storytellers/): \<figure class="XL"\>\<img src="https://letterformarchive\.org/wp\-content/uploads/2026/04/bms\-featured\-image\.jpg"\>\</figure\>

## Products
- [LA Membership Roadshow: Corita Art Center](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/la-membership-roadshow-corita-art-center/)
- [Tone in Tongue: Exhibition Tour](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/tone-in-tongue-exhibition-tour/)
- [Type Design Between Craft and Automation](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/type-design-between-craft-and-automation/)
- [Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/collections-tour-intro-to-the-archive-ic5u/)
- [Collections Tour: Intro to the Archive](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/collections-tour-intro-to-the-archive-yn10/)

## Press
- [\<cite\>Hotel Retro: Vintage Luggage Labels from Tokyo to Buenos Aires \[330 Travel Ephemera Stickers\]:\</cite\> Letterform Archive Debuts First\-Ever Sticker Book Drawn from the Golden Age of Travel   ](https://letterformarchive.org/press/hotel-retro-vintage-luggage-labels-from-tokyo-to-buenos-aires-330-travel-ephemera-stickers-letterform-archive-debuts-first-ever-sticker-book-drawn-from-the-golden-age-of-travel/)
- [Letterform Archive Introduces New Publication: Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets   ](https://letterformarchive.org/press/letterform-archive-introduces-new-publication-lettres-decoratives-a-century-of-french-sign-painters-alphabets/)
- [Letterform Archive Celebrates 10th Anniversary with 10 × 10 for 10 Exhibition and Yearlong Events](https://letterformarchive.org/press/letterform-archive-celebrates-10th-anniversary-with-10-x-10-for-10-exhibition-and-yearlong-events/)
- [Letterform Archive Announces the Release of the Type By Series, A New Collection of Rare Typeface Specimens   ](https://letterformarchive.org/press/letterform-archive-announces-the-release-of-the-type-by-series-a-new-collection-of-rare-typeface-specimens/)
- [Letterform Archive Announces New Book Release: Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024  ](https://letterformarchive.org/press/letterform-archive-announces-new-book-release-emigre-fonts-type-specimens-1986-2024/)

## Legacy Events
- [Dwiggins \& Linotype: The Official Releases](https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/dwiggins-linotype-the-official-releases/)
- [Why Your Process Matters, and How to Preserve It](https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/why-your-process-matters-and-how-to-preserve-it/)
- [A Crash Course in Type Selection](https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/a-crash-course-in-type-selection/)
- [Salon Series 34: Designing Resistance](https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/salon-series-34-designing-resistance/)
- [A Typophile’s Twenty\-Year Adventures in Zimbabwe](https://letterformarchive.org/events/view/a-typophiles-twenty-year-adventures-in-zimbabwe/)

## Categories
- [Collections](https://letterformarchive.org/news/category/collections/)
- [Publishing](https://letterformarchive.org/news/category/publishing/)
- [Behind the Scenes](https://letterformarchive.org/news/category/behind-the-scenes/)
- [Online Archive](https://letterformarchive.org/news/category/online-archive/)
- [Education](https://letterformarchive.org/news/category/education/)

## Product Categories
- [Events](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/categories/events/)
- [Used \& Rare Books](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/categories/used-rare-books/)
- [Letterform Archive Books](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/categories/letterform-archive-books/)
- [Stationery](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/categories/stationery/)
- [Accessories \& Apparel](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/categories/accessories-apparel/)

## Brands
- [Letterform Archive](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/brands/letterform-archive/)
- [Used \& Rare Books](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/brands/used-rare-books/)
- [Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr\.](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/brands/amos-paul-kennedy-jr/)
- [Chuck Byrne \(Editor\)](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/brands/chuck-byrne-editor/)
- [Zuzana Licko](https://letterformarchive.org/shop/brands/zuzana-licko/)

## Categories
- [Exhibitions](https://letterformarchive.org/news/press_category/exhibitions/)
- [News](https://letterformarchive.org/news/press_category/news/)

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