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Type specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Jerry Kelly collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0075
Overview

Collection of materials from designer Jerry Kelly, (1955-). Includes holiday cards, printing proofs, letterheads, type specimens, exhibition catalogs, book designs, and book catalogs.

Dates: 1979-2010
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

P22 Type Foundry collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0058
Overview

Collection of materials from P22 Type Foundry including publications, promotional material, posters, merchandise, and compact discs.

Dates: 1991-2018
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Palatino Italic typeface

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CARTYPE-0004
Overview

Palatino is a large typeface family designed by Hermann Zapf. It was initially released in 1950 by the D. Stempel AG foundry.

Dates: circa 1950 (release date)
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Stephen O. Saxe papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0144
Collection Scope and Content Note The Stephen O. Saxe papers contain materials from the 13th century through 2024, with the bulk of the papers dated between 1860 and 2010. This collection contains materials related to Saxe’s printing and collecting, which provides a breadth of knowledge on the printing industry throughout time. Materials include correspondence, legal papers, financial papers, writings and speeches, genealogical papers, clippings, printed material, photographic material, drawings, digital media,...
Dates: circa 1200- 2024; Majority of material found within 1860 - 2010
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

The Charles E. Pont Papers on Frederic W. Goudy

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0016
Overview

The papers consist of Charles E. Pont's correspondence and additional material collected for his biography of Frederic W. Goudy.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1887-1972
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

The Richard Rockford Hebrew Wood Type collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0151
Overview

The Richard Rockford Hebrew Wood Type collection contains about forty fonts made from wood for letterpress printing in the Hebrew script.

Dates: undated
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Type specimen pamphlet collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0029
Overview

The collection consists of nearly 500 type specimen pamphlets from North American and European type foundries.

Dates: 1930 - 1980
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection

Typographics conference collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0184
Content Description

Contents of the registration bags for the Typographics conference, 2023 and 2024. The conference is sponsored annually by The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art's program Type@Cooper, New York, New York.

Dates: 2023 - 2024
Found in: Cary Graphic Arts Collection