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An IG type specimen for a one-off display face by a young, trendy designer?

No, this is Monotype in 1971.

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Monotype Neographik ad, Penrose Annual, Vol. 64, 1971
I’ve always loved Neographik. Just one single style. A bit awkward, but sensible at the same time. Rarely used. The most recent prominent appearance was for the 2007 rebrand of The New Museum.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
nysee.nyc
Grody To The Max Type Specimen

...digital type design meets the cultural zeitgeist of the 1980s...a journey through a collection of iconic Emigre typefaces produced between 1985 and 1989...

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#emigre #typography #graphicDesign
February 29, 2024 at 2:43 PM
19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
I’ve updated the list of Rob Roy Kelly’s 1964 folio w/ newly located copies http://www.woodtyperesearch.com No 5, in a private collection, was Kelly’s personal copy, recently consigned by his daughter.
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June 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
designreviewed.com
Type specimen book of Typefoundry Amsterdam, 1960 www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/ty... #typography #typespecimen #typedesign
March 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
“Billy Morgans—the boss typo of the County…” http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans
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July 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
Happy Birthday William Hamilton Page,born in Tilton, NH, USA, March 14, 1829. Images shown here from his co’s 1878 specimen catalog, slightly repurposed from 1867.

More at www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-hamilton-page/

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March 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
loremhypso.bsky.social
Bonne année à tous·tes 🌞✨
📸 extrait des petites expérimentations en vue de réalisation du spécimen du caractère Velvelyne que l’on conçoit avec Mariel Nils
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January 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
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March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
bowerbox.com
Got the second color printed too. I'm really pleased with how this turned out! This will be the specimen for this 18pt VWT Primrose border, designed by James Greishaber and engraved & cast by me. I'll be casting fonts in March, pre-order info to come. #letterpress #typecasting #typespecimen
The artists hand holds a two color print of a grid of flowers and leaves in front of the printing press and form used to print the green color.
January 27, 2025 at 11:10 PM
19cwt.bsky.social
Some noodling on the RISO w/ variants of Page & Co’s Gothic Paneled — 1st shown in 1874’s _Specimen of Chromatic Wood Type…_ & patented on 3 March 1874 as US Design Patent 7,230.
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled/

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July 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
19cwt.bsky.social
HBD! George Case Setchell born 17 Dec 1838 in Norwich, CT. He was a typecutter for Page & Co in ‘68 & later perfected the die-cut method.
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/setchell/

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Wood Type Research – George Case Setchell
George Case Setchell was born December 17, 1838 in Norwich, Connecticut to William Kelly Setchell and Maria E. Case. He was a skilled type cutter and a keen inventor, who perfected the die-cut method ...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
kristinbell.bsky.social
Neutraface No. 2 Type Specimen. #design #typography #typespecimen #neutrafaceno2 #neutraface #house #student #graphicdesign
November 13, 2024 at 4:41 AM
19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
Accidental typographic palimpsest, encountered in Special Collections at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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Overlapping typographic forms from 1844 L. Johnson specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms. Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms. Overlapping typographic forms from 1827 George Bruce specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with high contrast tonal value letterforms. Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.
April 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
letterformarchive.org
Specimen for Brush, (Typeface by Robert E. Smith), Lanston Monotype, Philadelphia, 1942.

More commonly known as Brush Script in its digital version, Brush is one of the more successful examples of mid-20th-century script lettering translated to metal type.

#Typeface #Font #TypeSpecimen
Cover of a leaflet, blue background with an illustration of a paintbrush “painting” white, with a black “Brush” where the paint is applied. Above is “Monotype Series, No. 302”, and below is “Lanston Monotype Machine Company Twenty-fourth and Locust Streets, Philadelphia 3, Penna.” Interior spread of leaflet showing 9 framed examples of Brush in use, mostly for advertisements. Back side of leaflet showing character set and waterfall samples of the typeface.
May 19, 2025 at 3:44 AM
letterformarchive.org
Did you collect all the Emigre specimens over the last four decades? Now you can get 40 booklets in a single 1,264-page volume. “Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024” is available now in our shop: letterformarchive.org/shop/emigre-...

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April 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
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July 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
19cwt.bsky.social
I’ve updated the list of Rob Roy Kelly’s 1964 folio w/ newly located copies http://www.woodtyperesearch.com. No 5, in a private collection, was Kelly’s personal copy, recently consigned by his daughter.
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #type #typography #LetterForms #NineteenthCentury #Archives #Bibliography
June 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
designreviewed.com
Univers, 21 Variations Specimen, Deberny & Peignot, 1960s www.designreviewed.com/artefacts/un... #adrianfrutiger #typography #typespecimen #univers
June 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
19cwt.bsky.social
Accidental typographic palimpsests, encountered in Special Collections at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #NineteethCentury #Palimpsest
Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms. Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms. Overlapping typographic forms from 1844 L. Johnson specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms. Overlapping typographic forms from 1827 George Bruce specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with high contrast tonal value letterforms.
April 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM