#LetterformArchive
Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ […]

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November 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
@blag @letterformarchive Somehow missed that completely — registered, thanks!
October 30, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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.

#LetterformArchive #100Tens
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
— What's your favourite typeface?
— You probably haven't heard of it. It's was published in a student type specimen and hasn't ever been released

(I don't have a favourite; I just am amused that designers will put up wildly lovely unreleased work &let us cook;+ www.matterofsorts.com)

#typography
October 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
San Francisco folk, make your own sign with New Bohemia's Damon Styer at this @letterformarchive workshop series starting 1 November:

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/what-s-your-sign-baby-make-your-own/

#signpainting #signwriting #lettering #sanfrancisco
October 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Two weeks ago, after our @letterformarchive session, a woman approached me to introduce herself. I was completely struck down, as that woman turned out to be Patricia Cué, author of Bardas de Baile: Mexican Wall Painting […]

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June 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
So long San Francisco.

Three days was far too short, even if all I had to do was visit @letterformarchive and take the @ihazrabies ghost sign walks, but I still managed to pack a lot in.

Thank you to everyone that made it a very special first visit to the West […]

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June 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Recently we hosted a tour of Arabic calligraphy and type with Sabiha Basrai, Letterform Archive docent and co-owner of Design Action Collective.

Sabiha’s next tour is Design and Social Justice on July 11: letterformarchive.org/shop/collect...

#LetterformArchive #DecolonizingDesign #DesignMuseums
June 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
'Inside Letterform Archive' is @stewf's regular BLAG column and I'm pinching myself that I will finally get to be inside @letterformarchive myself this weekend.

This is ahead of Monday's session with Michelle "Meng" Nguyen and Damon @nbsigns Styer.

'A Sign […]

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June 13, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Just walked by another solid window by Meng. See her (with Damon Styer of @nbsigns.bsky.social and Sam Roberts of BLAG) at @letterformarchive.org on June 16. letterformarchive.org/shop/a-sign-...

#SanFrancisco #Signs #SignsByMeng #LetterformArchive
June 7, 2025 at 5:08 AM
"What do chopstick sleeves, movie programs, luggage labels, and counterculture newspapers have in common?"

https://letterformarchive.org/ephemera/

#design #art #ephemera #collection #letterformarchive
Ephemera
Letterform Archive’s collection of ephemera aims to outlast its impermanent nature and provide endless design inspiration.
letterformarchive.org
June 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The latest Eye magazine includes a major feature on @letterformarchive.org. I like that the photographer, Maria Spann, was drawn to the parts of the stacks closest to my heart, such as the phototype catalogs.

#Phototype #LetterformArchive #TypeSpecimens
June 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Damn you @letterformarchive! I REALLY don’t have the time to go through everything in your Ephemera collection. This is nuts!

I especially enjoyed the Lehmann label collection. I was fortunate enough to see their exhibit at the (sadly now defunct) California […]

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May 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
We’re partnering with Stanford to keep languages alive through type design education. Learn more about the Knuth-Bigelow Type Design Incubator: letterformarchive.org/news/the-knu...

#TypeDesign #KBI #LetterformArchive #StanfordSILICON
The Knuth-Bigelow Type Design Incubator
We’re partnering with Stanford to keep languages alive through type design education.
letterformarchive.org
May 31, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Woohoo! NEW ITEMS on Letterform Archive!!!
It's been a while and I know the team @letterformarchive have been working crazy hard behind the scenes, on a new system. as well as everything else that they do.
super excited to see the cool updates.

https://oa.letterformarchive.org/?searchText=*
May 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Happy to report that The Origin of the Serif by Edward Catich and The Complete Commercial Artist from @letterformarchive are now back in stock in the BLAG Shop:

https://shop.bl.ag/products/the-origin-of-the-serif

https://shop.bl.ag/products/complete-commercial-artist

For more publications […]
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typo.social
May 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
GREAT NEWS
There are 4 spots to join the workshop of the Knuth Bigelow Incubator, in partnership with @stanfordsilicon and @letterformarchive

The workshop for the South East Asian group will be lead by @typespecimint

The 2-sessions workshop on its own is 220€.

+ info, tickets: wordsoftype.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Next lecture!
Impacts of preserving endangered writing systems
with @typojo.bsky.social

This lecture is part of the Knuth Bigelow Incubator program, organized in partnership with @stanfordsilicon and @letterformarchive
And everyone can join to this lecture!

Info and tickets at wordsoftype.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ooh look, something cooking at @letterformarchive with yours truly and local San Francisco sign painters Michelle "Meng" Nguyen and @nbsigns.

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/a-sign-painterly-slice-through-letterform-archive/

Although the event is in-person, a recording will be made […]
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typo.social
May 16, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Job opening: Retail Manager at Letterform Archive in San Francisco.

Help the Archive realize its potential as the premier shop to buy design books and gifts. Apply by May 18. letterformarchive.org/news/new-job...

#LetterformArchive #Jobs #Retail #Bookstores #Bookshops
New Job Opening: Retail Manager
Help the Archive realize its potential as the premier shop to buy design books and gifts. Apply by May 18.
letterformarchive.org
April 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Knowing the gems that @letterformarchive have in their collection, this will be well worth $5.

Collections Tour: Concrete Poetry
with Milosh Sokolikj, Christina Newhard
Explore a facet of Letterform Archive’s vast collection with this online, docent-led tour.

Date […]

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April 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
From 7pm London time we travel back to late 1920s Japan with @stewf at @letterformarchive as he takes you deeper into the 24 volumes of The Complete Commercial Artist.

The periodical, and the archive's new book ( […]

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April 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM
To celebrate Letterform Archive’s 10th anniversary, we’re filling our jewel-box gallery with 100 staff picks. Get a glimpse into every corner of the Archive through the lens of the 10 teams who steward the collection.

#LetterformArchive #DesignMuseum #Typography #Lettering #Exhibition
April 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Happy birthday @letterformarchive — 10 this year 🎂

For those able to get to San Francisco between now and October, be sure to visit this special exhibition:
https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition/

The exhibition is accompanied by an events programme that unfolds across […]
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typo.social
April 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM