Letterform ArchiveMay 4, 2025

Will Weber (calligrapher), Das Hohe Lied Salomonis, ink on paper, 10.25 × 14 in, Offenbach, Germany, 1923.

This manuscript book, in a distinctive blackletter hand reminiscent of Weber’s teacher Rudolf Koch, was selected by Archive founder Rob Saunders for 10 × 10 for 10. See it, along with 99 other staff picks, in our 10th anniversary show: https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition/?utm_source=Mastodon

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10 × 10 for 10: Ten years of Letterform Archive. One hundred objects of typographic design.

We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with an exhibition of our most beloved artifacts. The show runs April 26 – October 12, 2025.

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Katie Leavens 🖋️May 30, 2024
I made a manuscript book. From concept to finish this took 6 weeks in Judy Detrick's Manuscript Book class. I have calligraphed two poems by early 20th century #sanfrancisco poets and illustrated some famous San Francisco sites. The illuminations are inspired by medical book of hours and feature some of my favorite businesses in San Francisco and flowers often found in gardens here.
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