If you missed yesterday’s fabulous salon, the recording is now available: vimeo.com/1168257521?f...

We are so pleased with the overwhelming response to our latest book, Lettres Décoratives. Meet the author, Morgane Côme, in conversation with Sam Roberts of Better Letters, on Wed, Feb 25: letterformarchive.org/shop/salon-s... #Lettering #SignPainting #Typography

To mark our 10th anniversary we teamed up with COLLINS to create 100 Tens: 50 interpretations of the number 1 from the Archive, paired with 50 contributions from invited designers. Now you can see them all in one place on our blog: letterformarchive.org/news/100-ten... #100Tens #LetterformArchive

[SPOTTED] The new Type West 2025 student website. Type West is a postgraduate certificate program in type design, taught in person at Letterform Archive ( @letterformarchive.org ) in San Francisco. ● More: typewest.letterformarchive.org/2025/ ● Via: typo.social/@annie/11606...

Got your tickets for Letterform Live on March 14? It will be hosted by His Plaidness, @nicholowry.bsky.social of #AntiquesRoadshow! letterformarchive.org/live/

The #ATypI 2026 Stanford schedule is posted! atypi.org/conferences-... Making travel plans? Save the date for a Letterform Archive open house on Sunday May 31, 10am–1pm. Details soon: letterformarchive.org/mail

huge congrats to the @letterformarchive.org type west class of 2025! a feast of creative type design typewest.letterformarchive.org/2025/

Introducing our first online tour in Hindi! Friday, Feb 6 with Tanya George. लिखित संप्रेषण के इतिहास को दर्शाने वाली पुस्तकों, पत्रिकाओं, पोस्टरों, स्केचों, मूल कलाकृतियों और संबंधित अभिलेखों के एक चुने हुए संग्रह को एक्सप्लोर करें। टॉन्या जॉर्ज आपको लेटरफॉर्म आर्काइव के इस संग्रह से हिंदी में संचालित एक गाइडेड टूर के माध्यम से परिचित कराती हैं। letterformarchive.org/shop/online-...

It can feel like our city is losing its artistic core. Along with shuttering of fellow galleries and museums, we were disheartened to see the loss of SFAI and California College of the Arts (and Crafts). These institutions raised folks who made this place weird and fun, interesting and beautiful.

Letterform Archive is closed today, January 30. We invite you to get inspiration from our Online Archive and Online Exhibitions. Perhaps Strikethrough? exhibitions.letterformarchive.org/strikethrough/

Come party with @letterformarchive.org (and me) on March 14th! “Letterform Live” will celebrate 10 years of the Archive’s amazing work. Discounted early bird tickets are available until February 7th, so get them now. I hope I’ll see you there!

André Jammes was immensely important in the building of the Wing collection at the #NewberryLibrary….

Join us in San Francisco on March 14 for an unforgettable party to celebrate the Archive turning ten. Expect great music, drinks, creative activities, and inspiration. Discounted early bird tickets are going fast. RSVP by February 1 to grab yours: letterformarchive.org/live/ #LetterformLive

This Just In: Chinese Lettering Manuals, 1930–1971 In our ongoing effort to expand the story of graphic design beyond the Western canon, we’re consulting experts and collecting objects in other scripts. Read Synoptic Office’s article on the latest collection: letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju...

I really enjoyed reading about Sylvie Vodáková's designs for this Czech poetry series. It's just the sort of design i really love — a common design sensibility to pull the whole series together, yet each volume has its own distinct character. letterformarchive.org/news/sylvie-...

On January 1, we lost a master of the ambigram (words expertly drawn so they read the same when turned upside down). In 2022, John Langdon donated his primary archive to us. #JohnLangdon #Ambigrams #Lettering

Gorgeous work from a book designer I had always wondered about; delighted to see this contribution to graphic design and #bookhistory! Tanya George, Sylvie Vodáková’s Book Covers for Květy Poezie (@letterformarchive.org; #skystorians): letterformarchive.org/news/sylvie-...

I love this approach to cover design for a series, with typography staying relatively constant (but never boring) and the image and pattern surrounding it changing riotously: letterformarchive.org/news/sylvie-...

Two new workshops in early 2026: Intro to modern type design: Jan 29 10 weeks, Design your first font. letterformarchive.org/shop/introdu... @letterformarchive Experimental Letterforms: Feb 3 5 weeks, thinking outside of type. www.typeelectives.com/courses/expe... @typeelectives

Thank you @ebbooksellers.bsky.social for stocking our stationery!

Give yourself or someone you love the best #Xmas gift this year: Membership of @letterformarchive.org

Marget Larsen, Joseph Magnin holiday box, 1963.⁠ One of two gift boxes in our collection from the hip San Francisco mid-century department store, Joseph Magnin. #MargetLarsen #JosephMagnin #Typography #Packaging #Ampersand #MidcenturyModern #VintageChristmas

We believe in digitization for global access to our collection, and will continually add to our Online Archive. But here are some great reasons why very little of the world’s archival material is digitized. And: some things need to be seen in person. It can be transformative!

From the Collection: Sylvie Vodáková’s Book Covers for Květy Poezie. Meet the Czech designer who shaped how generations of readers encountered poetry. A new blog post by Tanya George. letterformarchive.org/news/sylvie-... #Lettering #BookCovers #Poetry #GraphicDesign #Illustration #CzechDesign

A lovely article by Sabiha Basrai on @letterformarchive.org on decentering the Latin letter in type design: letterformarchive.org/news/de-cent...

Tezzo Suzuki Calendars have arrived from Japan! Order now to get yours before 2026. letterformarchive.org/shop/tezzo-s... #TezzoSuzuki #Calendars #Lettering #Typography #Numbers

Tezzo Suzuki calendars are on their way to the Archive! This year features 228 new numeral designs. reorder now to get yours by the end of the year. letterformarchive.org/shop/tezzo-s...

Vera Evstafieva, Cyrillic calligraphy, Cambridgeshire, 2021⁠ ⁠ Gift of @infonta.bsky.social. ⁠ #calligraphy #VeraEvstafieva #lettering #typography #graphicdesign #script #handlettering ⁠

Starts in 4 hours! We’ve got some doozies in this one.

Our annual Rare Book Sale is back on December 6! Register to get a reminder, and a link to our online sale, with early access for Letterform Archive members. letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-bo...

Last night’s opening reception of “Piet Zwart: Brand Architect” was a great beginning for a great exhibition at @letterformarchive.org. Well worth a visit!

See you tonight! letterformarchive.org/shop/piet-zw... #PietZwart #Typography #Exhibitions #GraphicDesign

A design hero, Paul Rand, made Christmas cards for his clients & this box set brings together some of the best in faithful reproductions. www.presentandcorrect.com/products/pau...

Linear-Antiqua ad/specimen, Ludwig & Mayer, Das Plakat, 1912. (Typeface by Richard Ludwig, 1911 fontsinuse.com/typefaces/23...) Source: iaddb.org?query=search...

Announcing Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets Our latest book takes an immersive look inside the large lithographic portfolios that inspired public lettering in Belle Époque France. #SignPainting #Alphabets #Lettering letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres...

The deadline for Type West is extended to November 14! If you want to learn type design in a deep way without leaving your current job, there’s no better way to do it. letterformarchive.org/education/ #TypeDesign #Typography #DesignEducation #GraphicDesign

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Our final batch of 100 Tens features contributions from this brilliant bundle of designers:⁠ ⁠ Lucas Sharp⁠ Matthijs Herzberg⁠ @herzberg.bsky.social Nolan Pelletier⁠ @nolanpelletier.bsky.social Craig Frazier⁠ Oded Ezer⁠ Christoph Niemann⁠ @christophniemann.bsky.social Petra Dočekalová Susan Kare⁠…

We continue rolling through 100 Tens to celebrate 10 years of Letterform Archive. This group includes contributions from:⁠ ⁠ James Goggin⁠ @practise.bsky.social Jean-Benoit Levy Jennifer Morla⁠ John Stevens⁠ Tezzo Suzuki Juan Villanueva⁠ Julien Priez⁠ @boogypaper.bsky.social ⁠ #100Tens

100 Tens—our multi-day fest for 10 years of Letterform Archive—spins on! This segment features contributions from:⁠ ⁠ Carl Rohrs⁠ Dinamo⁠ @abcdinamo.bsky.social Erik Van Blokland⁠ @letterror.bsky.social Zuzana Licko⁠ Design is Play⁠ Franziska Weitgruber⁠ Ganzeer⁠ @ganzeer.bsky.social ⁠ #100Tens

We’re celebrating 10 years of Letterform Archive with #100Tens. This segment features contributions from:⁠ ⁠ Thomas Ingmire⁠ Michael Schwab⁠ Sean Adams⁠ Mark SImonson @marksimonson.bsky.social Alejandro Chavetta Clement Mok Marian Bantjes alongside items from the Archive’s collection by:⁠

Our 10th birthday party continues with a subset of the “100 Tens”. This clip includes a wide range of fabulous 1s contributed by:⁠ ⁠ Antic-Ham and Francis Van Maele of Redfoxpress⁠ Laura Serra @laureola.bsky.social Laura Meseguer @laurameseguer.bsky.social Martin Venezky @martinvenezky.bsky.social

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, Letterform Archive partnered with the San Francisco office of COLLINS on 100 Tens — 50 “1”s from the Archive’s collection paired with 50 new works from a range of today’s leading designers. #LetterformArchive #100Tens

Angel DeCora; binding, title page, and initials; Wigwam Stories; 1901–1909 On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor Angel DeCora, a Ho-Chunk artist whose lettering filled books like this one. letterformarchive.org/news/angel-d... #IndigenousPeoplesDay #AngelDeCora #Lettering #BookDesign #HoChunk

Calligraphy by Arthur Baker. We’re honored to hold Baker’s archive of hundreds of drawings, paintings, phototype negatives, and other material. letterformarchive.org/collections/...

The first step in making better type choices is learning how to see it in a new way. Develop your typographic eye with @stewf.com (Anatomy of Type) & @slye.bsky.social (Fontstand) in our weekend “Crash Course in Type Selection”. Oct 25–26 at Letterform Archive letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...

@slye.bsky.social and I are bringing back our type selection workshop to @letterformarchive.org, Oct 25–26: letterformarchive.org/shop/a-crash...

See you soon! 12:00pm PT letterformarchive.org/shop/type-we...

Letterform Archive is a living archive, a perpetual project to not only preserve historic design, but to inspire new work. To mark our 10th anniversary we teamed up with COLLINS to create 100 Tens: 50 interpretations of the number “1” from the collection, paired with 50 contributions living artists.

The latest major donation to Letterform Archive made the local news: www.sfgate.com/local/articl... #Neon #SanFrancisco #Lettering #Wonderlite