Mastodawn

A Rothschild Book of Hours
Unattributed
Item date: ca. 1475.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#book #graphicdesign
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Letterform Archive Images 6d ago

Gladiola
Martin Wilke
Item date: 1936.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#typespecimen #typeephemera #graphicdesign
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Sam at BLAG Mar 10

New at https://bl.ag online, ‘Lettres Décoratives and the History of French Sign Painting’, with a look inside the new book from @letterformarchive and the recording from the Salon event with author Morgane Côme:

https://bl.ag/lettres-decoratives-and-the-history-of-french-sign-painting/

#SignPainting #Enseignes #Signs #Lettering #LetterformArchive #Books

Sam at BLAG Mar 10

After a long wait, Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911 is back in stock in the BLAG Shop.

https://shop.bl.ag/products/die-flache

Shipping is from the UK so EU customers will need to account for any import duties on this hefty @letterformarchive volume.

#GraphicDesign #Lettering #ArtNouveau #LetterformArchive

Die Fläche: Design and Lettering of the Vienna Secession, 1902–1911

Letterform Archive Mar 9

See Red Women’s Workshop, Capitalism Also Depends on Domestic Labor screenprint, London, 1975
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In 1974, a group of artists founded the See Red Women’s Workshop to further the women’s liberation movement. Their posters address gender discrepancies in pay, capitalism’s reliance on unpaid homekeeping and childrearing, sexist depictions in advertising, and uniting women against racism.⁠
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Read more about See Red Women’s Workshop in our book, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. ⁠ https://letterformarchive.org/shop/strikethrough-typographic-messages-of-protest/
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#IWD #InternationalWomensDay #Strikethrough #LetterformArchiveBooks #PublicationDesign #Printing #Publication #LetterformArchive #Typography #TypographyBooks⁠ #SeeRedWomensWorkshop

Letterform Archive Images Mar 3

Tipografische Mededeelingen, Egmont Nummer
Sjoerd Hendrik de Roos
Item date: ca. 1935.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#typespecimen:typeephemera #graphicdesign
highres: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_type_1619&targPic=lfa_type_1619_002.jpg

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Sam at BLAG Feb 26

Thank you to @letterformarchive for hosting yesterday’s Salon event with Morgane Côme and yours truly.

Working at incredible speed while we slept, the archive has published the recording online already. All 85 minutes can now be viewed here:

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-series-56-the-history-and-craft-of-french-sign-painting/

The book itself is such a treat and I highly recommend North American customers ordering a copy directly from Letterform Archive:

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

Those in Europe/elsewhere can compare shipping prices with those in the BLAG shop, which is a great alternative to other online retailers 😊:

https://shop.bl.ag/products/lettres-decoratives

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Enseignes #LetterformArchive #Lettering #LettresDecoratives #Books

Salon Series 56: The History and Craft of French Sign Painting | Letterform Archive

A show-and-tell conversation celebrating the release of our new book, Lettres Décoratives

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Letterform Archive Images Feb 26

Notes to a Summer Session Course in Calligraphy
Lloyd Reynolds
Item date: 1969.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#looseleaf #graphicdesign
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Letterform Archive Images Feb 25

Erbar Mediaeval
Jakob Erbar
Item date: ca. 1920.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#typespecimen #typeephemera #graphicdesign
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Letterform Archive Images Feb 24

Character Tests of the Veuve Hérrisant Foundry
Veuve Hérissant
Item date: 1772.
Courtesy #LetterformArchive
#book #graphicdesign
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