Type Tuesday will be taking a holiday break until the new year! Until then, enjoy a selection of ephemeral delights from San Francisco prin...

In this week's edition of Manuscript Monday, we present a few lettersheets—near manuscripts, actually, since they were never written on—...

More from the Kemble collection's impressive holdings of periodicals on printing! Our holdings include the first issue of  The Typograp...

People are often surprised to discover the geographic breadth of the CHS manuscripts collection. Papers from Mexico, Panama, Chile, Peru, Co...

Type Tuesday features local type! Marcus Brower and Co. - printers, bookbinders, engravers, typographers and artists - were located at 300 B...

Processing an archival collection is a lot like watching a baseball game: stretches of mild boredom alternate unexpectedly with moments of g...

Today we feature some more examples of international print and typography found in our Kemble Collection. These exquisite samples of design ...

Monticello typeface, cast in 1796 by Binny and Ronaldson's Philadelphia type foundry, is considered to be the first typeface designe...

The Asbury Harpending papers (see last week's post) contain scores of ciphered telegrams and letters. While a key exists to help deciphe...

The Hamilton Manufacturing Company, of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, offered a variety of wood types, including ornaments, silhouettes, perpetual c...