Since the late 80s, the typeface foundry Emigre Fonts has been publishing a series of specimen books. They were intended as promotionals. But they turned out to be inspirational eye candy for designers.
@letterformarchive compiled forty of them in the book “Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024.”
It’s nostalgia gold for old-school designers. Something new for the young pups. I could stare at this for hours.
managed to squeeze in 2 short posts today, here’s the 2nd, on a couple of Emigre type specimens (recentish).
Did you collect all Emigre’s specimens over the last four decades? Now you can get 40 booklets in a single 1,264-page volume. “Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024” is available now in our shop, and wherever good books are sold. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/emigre-fonts/?utm_source=Mastodon
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We are honored to publish Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024, a compendium of specimens spanning forty years of type innovation from the legendary Bay Area foundry. Preview a selection from the book’s 1,200+ pages—and read a foreword from Associate Curator Stephen Coles on the importance of the Emigre archive to the mission of Letterform Archive: https://letterformarchive.org/news/inside-emigre-fonts-type-specimens-1986-2024/?utm_source=Mastodon
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these days I'm using a lot of four letter words, unfortunately these 6 not so much, but glad to be reminded of them.