Title | Publisher/Author | Cover Photo | Circa? | Date Published | Type Makers | Type Format | Interior Photos | Country | City | Specimen Format | Binding | Scripts (non-Latin) | Date Acquired | Price | Library | Notes | date catalogged |
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Antiker Schriften Atlas | Ludwig Petzendorfer |  | 1889 | Metal | DE | Bound | 11/10/2023 | $133.95 | FIU (Berlin) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Specimens of Machine Cut Wood Type! | Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co |  | ca. | 1890 | Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co. | Wood | US | Norwich, CT | Line | Bound | 12/30/2025 | $75.00 | Listed date of original publication, but I believe this is a facsimile | Jun 4, 2026 3:14 PM | |||
Strong’s Book of Designs | C. J. Strong and L. S. Strong |  | 1917 | Lettering |     | US | Chicago | UseGlyphs | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Studio Handbook | Samuel Welo |  | 1927 | Lettering |    | US | Chicago | GlyphsUse | Bound | Jul 20, 2025 12:43 AM | |||||||
50 Alphabets | The Hunt Brothers |  | 1931 | Lettering |     | US | Milwaukee | Glyphs | Bound | Greek | 11/28/2022 | $30.87 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
Lettering of Today: A Collection of Modern Alphabets & Numerals 2nd Ed. | The Hunt Brothers |  | 1937 | Lettering |    | US | Milwaukee | Glyphs | Bound | Jul 20, 2025 12:46 AM | |||||||
Lettering of Today: A Collection of Modern Alphabets & Numerals 3rd Ed. | The Hunt Brothers |  | 1941 | Lettering |    | US | Milwaukee | Glyphs | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
New Letters and Lettering | Paul Carlyle, Guy Oring |  | 1943 | Lettering |      | US | New York | GlyphsUse | Bound | 12/15/2024 | $20.00 | FIU (Oakland) | [DUPE] 2 copies same ed., one FIU invoice | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
60 Alphabets | The Hunt Brothers |  | 1944 | Lettering |    | US | Milwaukee | Glyphs | Bound | Greek | 11/28/2022 | $41.20 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
Script and Manuscript Lettering | Higgins Ink Co. |  | 1947 | Lettering |    | US | Brooklyn | GlyphsUse | Booklet | 04/18/2023 | $51.30 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||
Lettering Inc. Styles | Lettering Inc. |  | 1948 | Lettering Inc.Other | Photo |     | US | New York | LineUseGlyphs | Booklet | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
13 Typefaces | Mergenthaler Linotype |  | 1950 | Linotype | Metal | Booklet | 03/18/2022 | $16.99 | FIU (LfA) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Type Styles for Imperial Typewriters Brochure | Imperial |  | 1954 | Typewriter | Booklet | 04/13/2021 | $15.26 | FIU (LfA) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||||
Lettera 1, 3rd Ed. | Armin Haab, Alex Stoker |  | 1960 | HaasStephenson BlakeDeberny & PeignotBertholdOther | Mixed |       | CH | Teufen | GlyphsUse | Bound | 02/12/2022 | $45.09 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
Type Photolettering | Dix Typesetting Co. Inc. |  | ca. | 1960 | OtherFilmotype | Photo |   | US | Syracuse | Glyphs | Binder | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
Type Styles Display Catalog | Filmotype |  | ca. | 1960 | Filmotype | Photo |   | US | Chicago | Line | Booklet | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
Photo-Lettering Styles | Adtype |  | ca. | 1960 | Photo |     | US | Los Angeles | Line | Booklet | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Lettering Styles Display Catalog | Filmotype |  | ca. | 1960 | Filmotype | Photo |   | US | Chicago | Use | Booklet | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
Photoscript 1 | Photoscript |  | ca. | 1960 | Photoscript | Photo |  | US | Glyphs | Binder | 09/16/2022 | $78.93 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
L&M News | Linotype |  | 1961 | Linotype | Metal | UK | Booklet | 06/25/2024 | $9.06 | FIU (LfA) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Techni-Process Lettering | Techni-Process |  | 1961 | Techni-Process | Photo |    | US | New York | UseLine | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Lettera 2, 1st Ed. | Armin Haab, Walter Hættenschweiler |  | 1961 | HaasFonderie OliveOther | Mixed |           | CH | Teufen | GlyphsUse | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Lettera 1, 5th Ed. | Armin Haab, Alex Stoker |  | 1963 | BauerEnschedéHaasStempelDeberny & PeignotStephenson BlakeFigginsFTFBertholdOther | Mixed |      | CH | Teufen | GlyphsUse | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Display Letter Guide | A. Bastien |  | 1964 | Stephenson BlakeLudwig & MayerFonderie OliveKlingspor | Metal |       | UK | West Drayton | Glyphs | Bound | 07/16/2026 | $46.50 | Jul 27, 2026 7:01 PM | ||||
ATA Type Comparison Book | Frank Merriman |  | 1965 | ATFMonotypeIntertypeLudlowStephenson BlakeLinotypeOther | Metal |    | US | Line | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Type By Haber | Haber Typographers |  | 1966 | LinotypeLudlowOther | Metal |   | US | New York | GlyphsLine | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
A Catalogue of Some Art Nouveau & Ornate Typefaces | Photoscript |  | 1967 | Photoscript | Photo |     | UK | London | GlyphsLine | Booklet | 01/25/2022 | $26.56 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
Techni-Process Binder | Typo Techni-Process Lettering Inc. |  | 1967 | Other | Photo |    | US | Wilmington | Line | Binder | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
List of Type Faces | Photoscript |  | 1968 | Photoscript | Photo |    | UK | London | Line | Booklet | CyrillicArabicGreekHebrew | 01/25/2022 | $39.84 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||
Type By Haber | Haber Typographers |  | 1968 | LinotypeLudlowOther | Metal |   | US | New York | GlyphsLine | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Film Faces for Photo/Typography | Tri-Arts Press |  | 1969 | Photo | US | Bound | 08/01/2022 | $33.55 | FIU (LfA) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Antique Alphabets | J. I. Biegeleisen |  | 1969 |      | US | Glyphs | Bound | Jul 20, 2025 12:52 AM | |||||||||
Franklin Film Faces | Franklin Typographers |  | 1970 | Photo | US | Bound | 06/11/2023 | $61.58 | FIU (LfA) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Type Specimen | Photoscript |  | 1970 | Photoscript | Photo | Booklet | 01/16/2022 | $34.11 | FIU (Berlin) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
List of Typefaces Catalogue | Photoscript |  | 1970 | Photoscript | Photo |    | UK | London | Line | Booklet | CyrillicArabicGreekHebrew | 10/05/2021 | $15.27 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||
Headliners Phototypes | The Headliners International, Inc. |  | 1970 | Headliners | Photo |      | US | New York | UseLine | Binder | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
The Complete Alphabet Innovations Collection | Alphabet Innovations |  | ca. | 1970 | Alphabet Innovations | Photo |   | US | GlyphsLineUse | Binder | 09/24/2022 | $45.00 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||
Eine exklusive ständig wachsende Sammlung ausgefallener Schriften von Lettergraphics München | Lettergraphics |  | ca. | 1970 | Lettergraphics | Photo |   | DE | Munich | GlyphsLine | Booklet | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
Caratteri Letraset Instant Lettering | Letraset |  | 1970 | LetrasetOther | Transfer |     | IT | Firenze | LineGlyphs | Bound | GreekHebrewArabicCyrillic | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
Typographie Internationale Binder | The Headliners, Inc. | ca. | 1970 | Headliners | Photo | FR | Paris | Glyphs | Binder | FIU (Berlin) | Jul 19, 2025 11:11 PM | ||||||
black binder [Typositor Typography] | Visual Graphics Corporation |  | ca. | 1970 | OtherVGCBauer | Photo |   | US | Glyphs | Binder | Plain black binder. Photocopy of what appears to be a comb- or ring-bound catalog from VGC’s early years. Tabs: foundry typefaces, handlettering typefaces, exclusive typefaces, special character filmfonts, recent additions (Americana, Dominante, Gerstner Program, and others). | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||
Photo-Lettering’s One Line Manual of Styles | Photo-Lettering, Inc. |  | 1971 | Photo-Lettering | Photo |    | US | New York | Line | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Lettera 1 (unsure of Ed.) | Armin Haab, Alex Stoker | | 1972 | HaasStephenson BlakeDeberny & PeignotBertholdOther | Mixed | | CH | Teufen | GlyphsUse | Bound | 11/05/2025 | $58.00 | Jun 3, 2026 7:54 PM | ||||
Photo Type Styles Catalog 1 | Lettering Inc. |  | ca. | 1972 | Lettering Inc. | Photo |          | US | Chicago | GlyphsUse | Binder | 04/27/2025 | $250.00 | FIU (Oakland) | Contains Lettering Inc. originals (such as Directors Gothic), but mostly copies of other typefaces, which appear to be redrawn as they differ slightly from their sources. Most of the families include a glyph set printed with a screened fill. Date estimate based on typefaces like Mode (Modula, VGC, 1972). | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |
Composition Corporation Binder, AlphaSette issued | Composition Corporation |  | 1972 | LinotypeAlphatypeFilmotype | PhotoMetal |     | US | Albany | GlyphsLine | Binder | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Lettera 4, 1st Ed. | Armin Haab, Walter Hættenschweiler |  | 1972 | BauerNebioloMorograpficBertholdHeadlinersAffolter und GschwindLudwig & MayerKlingsporHaasPhotoscriptHollensteinLetraset | Mixed |      | CH | Teufen | GlyphsUse | Bound | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||||||
Mecanorma Graphic Book 5 | Mecanorma |  | 1972 | Mecanorma | Transfer |  | LineGlyphs | Bound | 01/17/2026 | $64.52 | FIU (Berlin) | Sent from seller in Italy to Berlin. | Jan 18, 2026 12:03 AM | ||||
Process Typography Catalogs (2) | Techni-Process Lettering Inc. |   | 1973 | LSCHaasStempelOtherTechni-Process | Photo |        | US | New York | LineUse | Bound | 04/22/2025 | $32.00 | FIU (Oakland) | [DUPE] Supplement 2 duplicated, not in FIU library | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | ||
ITC Typefaces | ITC |  | 1973 | ITC | Photo |    | US | UseGlyphs | Booklet | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||||||
Letraset USA Graphic Art Products Catalog | Letraset |  | 1973 | LetrasetATFHaasITCFonderie OliveTypefoundry AmsterdamStempelBauerStephenson BlakeMonotypeNebioloBertholdDeberny & PeignotBerlingOtherMiller & RichardVGCKlingsporFace Photosetting | Transfer |   | US | Bergenfield, NJ | GlyphsLine | Booklet | 12/13/2024 | $53.20 | FIU (Oakland) | Jul 19, 2025 10:56 PM | |||