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Type and type-founding -- Design.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

American Type Founders Company Bodoni Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0163
Overview

The American Type Founders Company Bodoni Drawings collection contains original working drawings used in the design and manufacture of the typeface ATF Bodoni released in 1909.

Dates: 1911

Ed Benguiat collection

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-0076
Overview The Ed Benguiat Collection contains original sketches, phototypesetting materials such as photographic prints and negatives, and printed materials relating to the design, production, and promotion of typefaces generated or accumulated during the life and career of type designer, Ed Benguiat. The collection contains objects dating from 1953 to 2001. The collection is organized into two series: I. Graphic Work, and II. Typefaces. The first series contains printed and design work for logos and...
Dates: circa 1953-2001

Frederic W. Goudy, 1943, 1966-1971

 Item — Painting 24
Scope and Contents From the Collection: "Graphic Communications Through the Ages" commemorates significant milestones in the history of communications technologies: the development of paper and character forms, typography design, and printing. The paintings were commissioned in 1966 by the Kimberly-Clark Corporation of Neenah, Wisconsin, who employed three internationally-known historical illustrators to produce the series: Robert A. Thom (1915-1979), Douglas M. Parrish (1922-2001), and George I. Parrish, Jr.(1930-1992)....
Dates: 1966-1971

Frederic W. Goudy collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: CSC-0008
Scope and Contents The Frederic W. Goudy collection contains materials from 1867 through 1964, with the bulk of the papers dated between 1920 and 1947.This collection contains materials related to the life of printer, typographer, and type designer Frederic W. Goudy includes print items, proofs, manuscripts, type patterns and drawings, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, ephemera, and realia.Items of note include photographs of the Goudys in their home and workshop at Marlborough,...
Dates: 1867-1964; Majority of material found within circa 1920-1947

Michael Kleper papers

 Collection
Identifier: CSC-171
Overview

The Michael Kleper papers document Kleper’s role as an expert, educator, and author in the fields of phototypesetting, printing, digital publishing, and imaging technology and is mainly comprised of technical and company references in addition to publication and teaching work. The bulk of the materials are dated between 1971 and 1981.

Dates: 1950 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1971 - 1981

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

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

Typographics conference collection

 Unprocessed
Identifier: 2024:007
Dates: 2023 - 2024

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