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Type specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

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 Alex Mogelon Wood Type collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0159
Overview

The Alex Mogelon Hebrew Wood Type collection contains five fonts made from wood for letterpress printing. Three fonts in the Hebrew script and two fonts in the Cyrillic script.

Dates: undated

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