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An essay on the forgotten art of the punchcutter

1965 :: USA :: R. Hunter Middleton

An essay that was published as a keepsake alongside a talk given by R. Hunter Middleton to the School of Library Service of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).

Language: English

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Graphic design USA 11

1990 :: New York :: American Institute of Graphic Arts

The AIGA graphic design annual for 1990. It shows the best designers in American graphic design from the period. It shows off the year's most significant designs, and also contains the winners of the American Institute of Graphic Design's 1990 awards.

Language: English

Publishers: American Institute of Graphic Arts and Watson-Guptill Publications

Designer: Anthonhy Russell

Associate Designer: Barbara Nieminen

Production Coordinator: Brian Stanlake

Writers: Steven Heller, Chuck Byrne, and Philip B. Meggs

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Spartan Family

1953 :: New Jersey :: American Type Founders

A type specimen for ATF's Spartan Family. Spartan was designed as a response to the popularity of Futura.

Language: English

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Type by Detroit Type Foundry

1951 :: Detroit :: Detroit Type Foundry

A type specimen booklet for the Detroit Type Foundry. It includes an index of types alongside a price list for each font size, from 6pt to 72pt.

Language: English

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Hawaii Travel Poster

1969 :: Contenential Airlines

This travel poster features a Hawaiian surfer wearing a pink lei and red swim trunks. The bright colours and distinct black lines are very typical of the psychadelic posters of it's period.

Language: English

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Apple human interface guidelines

1987 :: Reading, Massachusetts :: Apple Computers

This book outlines the UX/UI guidelines for how a Macintosh program look and behave. This edition defines the rules for the Apple Desktop Interface on the original Macintosh computers as well as the Apple II.

Language: English

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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Let's Make B for Bennett

1953 :: The Typophiles :: Warren Chappell

A booklet by illustrator and type designer Warren Chappell, published by "Friends of Paul Bennett" (dated 1953-12-03), sketching the process of traditional type punchcutting using a counterpunch. The treatment is correct and well illustrated, but exceedingly brief. A portion of the print run was distributed, at Bennett's request, as Monograph 40 of The Typophiles.

Language: English

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California Type Foundry Price List [and] Specimens

1947 :: San Francisco :: California Type Foundry

Specimen book by the California Type Foundry (San Francisco). This was a 20th century typefoundry ("since 1941") not to be confused with the 19th century typefoundry of the same name. This specimen is undated, but contains a price increase stamp effective April 1, 1947. The typefaces shown are primarily Lanston Monotype faces.

Language: English

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Corona

1951 :: Linotype Company

A specimen of the typeface Corona by Linotype. It was part of the Legibility Group series of newspaper types by Linotype and developed by their in-house design team. The lead type designer on this project was Chauncey H. Griffith, who was also known for his work on Bell Gothic.

Language: English

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Trademarks & Symbols Vol. 1: Alphabetical Designs

1973 :: New York :: Yasaburō Kuwayama

Volume 1 of 2 of Kuwayama's comprehensive book of trademarks and symbols from all over the world.

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold

Language: English

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Trademarks & Symbols Vol. 2: Symbolical Designs

1973 :: New York :: Yasaburō Kuwayama

Volume 2 of 2 of Kuwayama's comprehensive book of trademarks and symbols from all over the world.

Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold

Language: English

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This is Material Design

2014 :: Google

An introduction booklet to Google's Material design language.

Language: English

Sent in by David Allin Reese (@Davallree)

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Ergonomics Handbook

1989 :: New York :: IBM

A reference book for IBM employees. It set standards for them like optimal keyboard height, proper posture, lighting, etc,. There is a name written in marker on the front cover that doesn't appear to be original (unfortunately I wasn't able to verify), but the interior spreads are clean.

Language: English

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Palm Springs Travel Poster

1970 :: USA :: American Airlines

This wonderful midcentury modern image comes from a vintage American Airlines travel poster for sunny Palm Springs, California.

Language: English

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IBM Selectric Composer Type Style Portfolio

1970 :: USA :: IBM

This is a catalog of fonts available for the IBM Selectric Composer electric typewriter. It uses interesting 'font balls' that allow the user to swap out the font that they are using for their typewriter.

Language: English

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How do you plan to survive

1986 :: California :: Apple Computers

It's a... earthquake survival guide by Apple? I found this completely randomly and believe that it was for employees, but I couldn't find any other documentation about it. The layout of the spreads is incredibly playful and uses cut and pasted images that remind me of Dada collages. They also make the type feel like it is in an earthquake, which is really fun.

Language: English

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WAD to RR: A Letter about Designing Type

1940 :: Cambridge, Massachusetts :: William Addison Dwiggins

An essay in the form of a letter, expanded and edited for publication, from William Addison Dwiggins to Rudolph Ruzicka on the subject of typeface design. It is especially interesting because it explains Dwiggins' own process and goes slightly beyond abstract "design" and outlines the interactions between Dwiggins and the type development organization at Mergenthaler Linotype. "G," mentioned in the text, is Chauncey H. Griffith, typeface designer in his own right, but also the vice president in charge of typeface development at the Mergenthaler Linotype

Language: English

Printer: Gordon Taylor Inc.

Publisher: Harvard College Library Department of Printing and Graphic Arts