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Type specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16 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

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

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)

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

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

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