Letterform Archive

Excellent collection of digital artifacts in a variety of formats, including books, periodicals, posters, sketches, original art for reproduction, and related ephemera. Images are scanned at very high resolutions. The Archive doubled its holdings in 2015 by acquiring the typeface specimen collection of the late Dutch publisher Jan Tholenaar. Recently donated archives include Emigre, pioneers of experimental digital design; Ross F. George, author of the Speedball textbooks; and Aaron Marcus, a seminal figure in computer graphics. Also featured prominently in the collection are Rudolf Koch, Jack Stauffacher, Irma Boom, and Piet Zwart.