Still spots left in Fer Cozzi’s online workshop, Intro to Modern Type Design. Over ten weeks, gain an understanding of the methodologies and software used to produce high-quality digital typefaces. Leave with your own font.
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#TypeDesign #Workshops #Typography
Detail of a book page showing a long, continuous stroke from a broad-nibbed pen. Below is the heading, “OBSERVATION.” and some French text.
Page of a book with the heading, “POSTURE DU CORPS.” Pictured are three people sitting at desks with pen in hand and writing on paper.
Ermeler, C. F. (Calligrapher), Lale, J. D. (Engraver), Collection De Soixante-Sept Modèles d' Écritures…, Paris, 1818.
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One of many writing manuals in the Online Archive: oa.letterformarchive.org?dims=Collect...
#Calligraphy #19thCentury #EngravedBooks
We spent the weekend at #LetterWest in Midvale, Utah where we ran into Hayley Francis (www.typeaffiliated.com/about-2), one of the Archive’s first visitors. She tells us how the tour was a key part of her early career as a lettering artist.
A graphic with red text reading “GOOD LUCK 2026” in English and Chinese.
Today and tomorrow are your last chances to see GOOD LUCK 2026, a celebration of Lunar New Year co-curated by Jen Dao (姚逸雯) and Sherry Xu Chou (徐雪俐). We’re open 11am–6pm. letterformarchive.org/visit/#on-view
A graphic with a title at the top and a photo of a book below. The title reads, “Tristram Shandy / The First Modern Book”. The photo shows an interior spread of an old book. The text appears typical of 18th-century books until it gets to an illustration of squiggly lines on the lefthand page. On the right, another drawing of a wandering line is labeled with letters. The text describes the line as an illustration of a character’s travels.
Coming to our Reading Room gallery, April 9 to 26: Tristram Shandy, The First Modern Book, curated by @debbiemillman.bsky.social. Learn more and plan your visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/#on-view
🔴 The Weekly Typographic
by #MicahRich & TLOMT
“Lettres Décoratives” / @letterformarchive.org
Brands - Handwritten Type / Typeheist
Petra Dočekalová / Typenetwork
Design Spells
History of Software Design
#TheLeagueOfMoveableType #typography
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Nice! Reminds me of what Turkey was doing at that time. We got this set recently. casualarchivist.substack.com/p/poetic-jus...
Screenshot of a website showing 10 portraits and the header, “Makers”.
Screenshot of a website with a photo of Rob Saunders and the beginning of his bio.
This is a celebration of courageous leaders and creative minds across the US who harness the transformative power of curiosity to address today’s most pressing problems and shape cultural conversations. See Rob among the other honorees: www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/...
We’re proud to share that Letterform Archive’s founder and curator, Rob Saunders, was selected by the Eames Institute as one of their Curious 100!
Read more about #SeeRedWomensWorkshop in our book, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. letterformarchive.org/shop/striket...
#Strikethrough #LetterformArchiveBooks #PublicationDesign #LetterformArchive #Typography #TypographyBooks
Poster screen printed in a single color (reddish brown). It shows a factory at the top with a line of people existing out the right side to the bottom of the poster where they are cared for by a conveyor belt of women, then the enter the left side of the factory.
See Red Women’s Workshop, Capitalism Also Depends on Domestic Labor screen print, London, 1975
In 1974, a group of feminist artists founded the See Red Women’s Workshop to address gender issues such as capitalism’s reliance on unpaid homekeeping and childrearing.
#IWD #InternationalWomensDay
Design in daily life
If you missed yesterday’s fabulous salon, the recording is now available: vimeo.com/1168257521?f...
We are so pleased with the overwhelming response to our latest book, Lettres Décoratives. Meet the author, Morgane Côme, in conversation with Sam Roberts of Better Letters, on Wed, Feb 25: letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-s... #Lettering #SignPainting #Typography
The campaign was a beautiful way to mark our anniversary online. Now it’s time to celebrate in person! Come party with us in San Francisco at Letterform Live! on March 14, 2026. letterformarchive.org/live/
@herzberg.bsky.social
@nolanpelletier.bsky.social
@matratype.bsky.social
@typozon.bsky.social
@laureola.bsky.social
@lucassharp.bsky.social
@marksimonson.bsky.social
@martinvenezky.bsky.social
@boogypaper.bsky.social
@typelettering.bsky.social
@keyavadgama.bsky.social
@laurameseguerm.bsky.social
@hansjevanhalem.bsky.social
@practise.bsky.social
@typofonderie.com
@juankafka.bsky.social
Featuring work from these brilliant folks who are on Bluesky: @christophniemann.bsky.social
@abcdinamo.bsky.social
@ganzeer.bsky.social
@guimenga.bsky.social
To mark our 10th anniversary we teamed up with COLLINS to create 100 Tens: 50 interpretations of the number 1 from the Archive, paired with 50 contributions from invited designers. Now you can see them all in one place on our blog: letterformarchive.org/news/100-ten...
#100Tens #LetterformArchive
[SPOTTED] The new Type West 2025 student website.
Type West is a postgraduate certificate program in type design, taught in person at Letterform Archive ( @letterformarchive.org ) in San Francisco.
● More: typewest.letterformarchive.org/2025/
● Via: typo.social/@annie/11606...
Got your tickets for Letterform Live on March 14? It will be hosted by His Plaidness, @nicholowry.bsky.social of #AntiquesRoadshow! letterformarchive.org/live/
The #ATypI 2026 Stanford schedule is posted! atypi.org/conferences-...
Making travel plans? Save the date for a Letterform Archive open house on Sunday May 31, 10am–1pm. Details soon: letterformarchive.org/mail
huge congrats to the @letterformarchive.org type west class of 2025! a feast of creative type design typewest.letterformarchive.org/2025/
We proudly share this ethos with our library peers in San Francisco:
– SFPL Book Arts sfpl.org/locations/ma...
– Prelinger Library prelingerlibrary.org
There’s a lot of talk about tech innovation around here, but it’s open orgs like these that keep the Bay’s creative engine running.
And anyone, regardless of their experience or background, can schedule a visit to see virtually anything in the Archive. Like all special collections libraries with open access, we exist not just to preserve rare things, but to share them: letterformarchive.org/visit/resear...
Introducing our first online tour in Hindi! Friday, Feb 6 with Tanya George.
लिखित संप्रेषण के इतिहास को दर्शाने वाली पुस्तकों, पत्रिकाओं, पोस्टरों, स्केचों, मूल कलाकृतियों और संबंधित अभिलेखों के एक चुने हुए संग्रह को एक्सप्लोर करें। टॉन्या जॉर्ज आपको लेटरफॉर्म आर्काइव के इस संग्रह से हिंदी में संचालित एक गाइडेड टूर के माध्यम से परिचित कराती हैं।
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