Shaped Text: An Aesthetic Whole
From ancient practice to contemporary children’s books, the endeavor to form text into image is found throughout the Archive.
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This Just In: Jennifer Morla
The AIGA Medalist, AGI Member, and National Design Award Recipient donates her archive.
This Just In: Amos Kennedy Jr.
We’re honored to share the wit and wisdom of the humble but powerful provocateur. Dozens of his prints are now at the Archive.
From the Collection: Blissymbolics
If the “Father of Semantography” had his way with written language, we’d all be #blissed.
Blissymbols for Use, Barbara Hehner, Blissymbols Communication Institute, Ontario, 1980. Design: Jack Steiner. Illustrations: Alan Daniel. Symbol Drawings: Jim Grice.
The Book to the Film ‘Mr. Symbol Man’, Charles K. Bliss with contributions by Shirley McNaughton, Semantography-Blissymbolics Publications, 1975.
This Just In: Herbert Matter Letters & Logos
Sketches, comps, and cut paper tell the visual tale of a master designer at work.
This Just In: Posters of May ’68
We commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Paris uprising with a collection of posters by the Atelier Populaire (Popular Workshop).
From the Collection: Thomas Ingmire, Susan Skarsgard, Suzanne Moore
Among our holdings of contemporary calligraphy are three artists who break boundaries between visual art and the written word.
This Just In: The Nuremberg Chronicle
Now at Letterform Archive, a landmark of 15th-century bookmaking.
We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of our first complete incunable (book printed before 1501). The Nuremberg Chronicle is one of the most densely illustrated and technically advanced incunables, and helps us tell the story of letterforms in the early years of printing.
