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Type specimens

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Meisterschule für das graphische Gewerbe zu Leipzig Collection of Ephemera

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing-oversize-ZA 3 .498
Abstract

A collection of 179 miscellaneous specimens of work executed at the Meisterschule für das Graphische Gewerbe zu Leipzig, including booklets, broadsides, school announcements, commercial advertisements, and book jackets. Creation dates range from approximately 1920 to approximately 1938.

Dates: approximately 1920 to approximately 1938; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1938

Robert Hunter Middleton papers

 Collection
Identifier: Wing-Modern-MS-Middleton
Abstract

Diaries, notes, original manuscripts of writings, design art, correspondence, financial records, printed ephemera, and type specimens from the collection of Robert Hunter Middleton, type designer and fine printer.

Dates: 1921-1985

Type specimen sheets and booklets

 Collection
Identifier: Case Wing-Z250-A5
Abstract

A collection of over 2500 type specimen sheets and other advertising materials issued by type foundries, typesetters, and printers that display typefaces, type families, or groups of types. Geographic coverage includes United States, Great Britain, and continental Europe.

Dates: 1870-ongoing