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  We're looking for an Art Director to shape the visual identity of our trade art-book publishing program. The role will be onsite at Letterform Archive in San Francisco. Read more and apply: https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/letterform-archive-art-director-bc57def7-c25d-4231-ae4b-522f7488269d #BookDesign #ArtDirector #DesignJobs

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  We’re seeking someone to lead our digitization program: https://jobs.gusto.com/postings/letterform-archive-digitization-archivist-6a46aedc-5a48-44c8-80c8-f187e20820e1 #Museums #Digitization #GLAM #GLAMJobs

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  Our associate curator, @stewf / @typographica talks furniture, birding, and type design on the Re(un)covered podcast: https://reuncoveredpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2206728/episodes/18185756-so-mod #TypeDesign #Typography #Birding #MidCenturyModern

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  And now our founder and curator Rob Saunders is interviewed in celebration of his spot in the Eames Curious 100: https://www.eamesinstitute.org/stories/inside-letterform-archive-with-rob-saunders/ #LetterformArchive #EamesCurious100 #GLAM #Archives #GraphicDesign #Typography

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  Antiques Roadshow’s Nicholas Lowry will join us live, and in person, on Sep 27 to screen an award-winning documentary, followed by a pop-up of Czech objects from Letterform Archive. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/film-screening-identity-a-czech-graphic-design-love-story/

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  Identity – A Czech Graphic Design Love Story Sun, Sep 27, 2026 Antiques Roadshow’s Nicholas Lowry joins us in person to screen the award-winning documentary, followed by a pop-up of Czech objects from Letterform Archive. Get tix: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/film-screening-identity-a-czech-graphic-design-love-story/?sku=EVENT_LA_26-09-28-GE-1 #SFBA #CzechDesign #AntiquesRoadshow #Documentaries #SanFrancisco #GraphicDesign

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  New from Letterform Archive Books, the first of a new line featuring reproductions of our favorite collections: Creative Papers. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/wood-type-creative-papers/ #WoodType #HarrildAndSons #Stationery #GiftWrap #TypeSpecimens #Typography

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  @MauriceMeilleur is back for another online workshop: Typographic Patterns and Animations with Python and DrawBot. For designers who code and love type, pattern, and motion, and want to incorporate them all in their work. Dec 7–15, 10am–1pm PT (18:00–21:00 GMT) https://letterformarchive.org/shop/typographic-patterns-and-animations-with-python-and-drawbot/ #Python #PythonProgramming #Animation #DrawBot #Typography #Ad

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  The luminous letters of Hansje van Halem, now in the Online Archive. Dank u, Hansje, for sharing your work with the world. These are among over 1,000 items added to the site in 2022 https://oa.letterformarchive.org/search?dims=People&vals0=Hansje%20van%20Halem&friendly0=Hansje%20van%20Halem – a goal reached thx to donors & members. https://letterformarchive.org/join #HansjeVanHalem #OnlineArchive #LetterformArchive #Illustration #Lettering #GraphicDesign #Poster

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  We continue rolling through 100 Tens to celebrate 10 years of Letterform Archive. This group includes contributions from:⁠ ⁠ James Goggin⁠ @practise Jean-Benoit Levy Jennifer Morla⁠ John Stevens⁠ Tezzo Suzuki Juan Villanueva⁠ @juan_kafka Julien Priez⁠ ⁠ #LetterformArchive #100Tens

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  Our 10th birthday party continues with a subset of the “100 Tens”. This clip includes fabulous 1s contributed by:⁠ ⁠ Antic-Ham and Francis Van Maele of Redfoxpress Laura Serra @laureola Laura Meseguer @LauraMeseguer Martin Venezky ⁠ alongside items from the Archive’s collection by:⁠ Ahn Sang Soo Albrecht Dürer⁠ (orig. Germany, 1525) Alvin Lustig⁠ Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. El Ombligo del Libro / Rodrigo Ortega⁠ W. A. Dwiggins⁠ #LetterformArchive #100Tens

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  Our collections director Kate Long Stellar will be on in a few minutes in conversation with @stewf / @typographica . Join us!

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  This Just In: The Darden Type Design Archive. We’re honored to receive hundreds of annotated font proofs from Joshua Darden, the first African American type designer. The material, produced between 2006 and 2012, documents and illuminates the process of making typefaces. Read more about Darden and the work from members of his drawing staff: https://letterformarchive.org/news/darden-type-design-archive/ #LetterformArchive #DardenStudio #TypeDesign #BlackHistory #BlackDesigners Photo of Darden:...

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  TypeCon2025 (@typecon) happens this week in Portland, and Letterform Archive will have a table at the first-ever Volumes Market (https://www.instagram.com/p/DMGG9HNP2eG/) which is free and open to the public. Aug 8–9, 11am–6pm at Revolution Hall. See you there?

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  J. Richard (student) and P. Audibert (teacher), Cours de Théorie pour le Tissage, Lyon, 1882. New on the blog! 🧶 Threading Letters, by our editorial correspondent @tanyatypes. In this installment of For Your Reference, we revisit the Archive’s stacks for books and other items that build a tangible connection between threads and letterforms. Check it out: https://letterformarchive.org/news/threading-letters/ #LetterformArchive #TextileDesign #TextileArt #Embroidery #Weaving #Lettering #CrossSt...

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  Roughly hand-bound in blank covers, two specimen books nonchalantly contain a wealth of fascinating type history, from both India and the West. When we first acquired these catalogs, we were struck by the range of styles and scripts represented, and knew there was a story to tell. So we sent our Indian correspondent, @tanyatypes, to shine a light on some Diamonds. https://letterformarchive.org/news/diamond-wooden-type-works/ #WoodType #TypeSpecimens #Typography #IndianDesign

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  Indian movie posters in Devanagari, Latin, Telugu, and Bengali scripts: Samaj Ko Badal Dalo | समाज को बदल डालो, 1970 Bhakta Prahlāda | భక్త ప్రహ్లాద, 1967 Kābuli’ōẏālā | কাবুলিওয়ালা, 1957 Read about this collection and see more posters in @tanyatypes’ 2022 article: https://letterformarchive.org/news/indian-movie-posters/ #Lettering #India #Bollywood #MoviePosters #Telugu #Hindi #Bangali

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  Join us online next week for a special collections tour with @tanyatypes and Sidharth Jaishankar. “A for Akshar: India through its Letterforms” celebrates the visual and linguistic diversity of India through its rich typographic heritage. Thu, Aug 7, 2025 8:30am–10:00am ET 6:00pm–7:30pm IST https://letterformarchive.org/shop/collections-tour-a-for-akshar-india-through-its-letterforms/ #India #LetterformArchive #Typography #Lettering

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  Ermeler, C. F. (Calligrapher), Lale, J. D. (Engraver), Collection De Soixante-Sept Modèles d' Écritures…, Paris, 1818. https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_writingmanuals_0035&targPic=lfa_writingmanuals_0035_009.jpg One of many writing manuals in the Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/?dims=Collection&vals0=Writing%20Manuals&sortby=decade #Calligraphy #19thCentury #EngravedBooks

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  Still spots left in @fercozzi’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. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/introduction-to-modern-type-design-rjrq/ #TypeDesign #Workshops #DesignWorkshops #Typography #GraphicDesign #Ad

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  It can feel like our city is losing its artistic core. Along with the shuttering of fellow galleries and museums, we were disheartened to see the loss of SFAI and California College of the Arts (and Crafts). These institutions raised folks who made this place weird and fun, interesting and beautiful. But we haven’t given up on #SanFrancisco. Our galleries are still free every Thursday: https://letterformarchive.org/visit/ And you can join us for Letterform Live on March 14 to help ensure the A...

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  Introducing our first online tour in Hindi! Friday, Feb 6 with @tanyatypes. 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। https://letterformarchive.org/shop/online-collections-tour-intro-to-the-archive/

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  The @atypi 2026 Stanford schedule is posted! https://atypi.org/conferences-events/atypi-2026-stanford/program/ Making travel plans? Save the date for a Letterform Archive open house on Sunday May 24, 10am–1pm. Details soon: https://letterformarchive.org/mail #ATypI

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  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: https://letterformarchive.org/news/100-tens-celebrate-a-decade-of-letterform-archive/ #100Tens #LetterformArchive #Typography #Lettering

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  It’s fall, which means class tours at the Archive are in full swing. Here’s yesterday’s table for CCA. #LetterformArchive #Museums #Libraries #GraphicDesign #CCA #CaliforniaCollegeOfTheArts

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  See Red Women’s Workshop, Capitalism Also Depends on Domestic Labor screenprint, London, 1975 ⁠ 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.⁠ ⁠ Read more about See Red Women’s Workshop in our book, Strikethrough: Typographic Messages of Protest. ⁠ https:/...

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  To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Letterform Archive partnered with the San Francisco office of COLLINS on 100 Tens — 50 “1”s from the Archive’s collection paired with 50 new works from a range of today’s leading designers. The project features contributions from designers around the world, including Marian Bantjes, Martin Venezky, Susan Kare, Tezzo Suzuki, and more. The work showcases an astounding range of creativity and imagination. #LetterformArchive #100Tens #ThislsCollins