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Last Notes npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…nr8a Fair. I guess it’s a good thing we didn’t print the leaves at actual size as @nprofile…j9ph was wishing! npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive See Red Women’s Workshop, Capitalism Also Depends on Domestic Labor screenprint, London, 1975 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive https://letterformarchive.org/news/women-in-graphic-design/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive 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: https://letterformarchive.org/news/100-tens-celebrate-a-decade-of-letterform-archive/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive And anyone, regardless of their experience or background, can schedule a visit to see virtually anything in the Archive. Like all special collections libraries with open access, we exist not just to preserve rare things, but to share them: https://letterformarchive.org/visit/research-visits/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Introducing our first online tour in Hindi! Friday, Feb 6 with @nprofile…yxv0. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive 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. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…t077 Ah of course. 🙈 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…t077 @nprofile…q2x7 The first photo he shows is around the corner from the old Archive location in Potrero Hill. The sign is still there. Also signed by Ware, but with an umlaut? npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Join us in San Francisco on March 14 for an unforgettable party to celebrate the Archive turning ten. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…9hgr @nprofile…kzxh You can always ask your local bookstore to restock. They generally go by customer demand and can order any of our books from our international distributor. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…avgu You’re right. That was since corrected. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive “The series immediately drew me in—a row of colorful spines, uniform in height and typography, with a hint at the hand-drawn variety that awaits you on the covers. … Every little tome charms you. While the books are a regular fixture in Czech households, they are rarely seen in the U.S.. I knew we had to bring some home to the Archive.” — Stephen Coles @nprofile…24as npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive 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 @nprofile…cav8. https://letterformarchive.org/news/sylvie-vodakova-book-covers/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Tezzo Suzuki calendars are on their way to the Archive and we’re telling our Mastodon followers first. Preorder now to get yours by the end of the year. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/tezzo-suzuki-calendar-2026/ #TezzoSuzuki #Ad #Lettering #Typography npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Starts in 4 hours! We’ve got some doozies in this one. #ad npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive 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. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/rare-book-sale-2025/ #ad npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Limited advance stock will be ready to ship before the holidays. Preorder now to reserve your copy. Members receive an exclusive 20% discount today through Friday, November 14. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Announcing npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…u0v7 Like Nick said, only an estimate. Dates in sample texts are usually within 1–2 years before or after the date the specimen was published. Sometimes more when a specimen reuses samples from previous specimen printings, but a range as big as that 1911–1918 is unusual! In that case we would estimate toward the later end. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…sm9x Yes, sadly this is a recurring problem with our AWS connection that we haven’t rooted out yet. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive To learn more—and hear directly from contributors like Venezky, Gui Menga, Nick Benson, and @nprofile…wtpt—join our online salon later today: https://letterformarchive.org/shop/the-past-is-always-present-100-tens/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Our 10th birthday party continues with a subset of the “100 Tens”. This clip includes fabulous 1s contributed by: npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Calligraphy by Arthur Baker. We’re honored to hold Baker’s archive of hundreds of drawings, paintings, phototype negatives, and other material. https://letterformarchive.org/collections/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive For friends near Lucerne, Switzerland: In November, the Museum at Bellpark in Kriens will show an exhibition on Roman Scherer, a major wood type manufacturer which was based in that city. https://www.bellpark.ch/29-november-2025-bis-12-april-2026-i-the-quick-brown-fox-jumps-over-the-lazy-dog-die-holztypenfabrik-roman-scherer-kriens-luzern/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Joe Caroff, West Side Story movie poster, United States, 1961 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive New Job Opening: Editorial Assistant https://letterformarchive.org/news/new-job-opening-editorial-assistant/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive TypeCon2025 (@nprofile…dr8l) happens this week in Portland, and Letterform Archive will have a table at the first-ever Volumes Market (https://www.instagram.com/p/DMGG9HNP2eG/) which is free and open to the public. Aug 8–9, 11am–6pm at Revolution Hall. See you there? npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive This [1901] Bruce catalog has a rather odd title page layout, but we love two things: npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Join us online next week for a special collections tour with @nprofile…cvcd and Sidharth Jaishankar. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Inside Calligraphic Menagerie: Of Swashbuckling Scribes and Cursive Critters npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Jim was as good a storyteller as he was a letterer. At the TYPO SF 2012 conference he was in top yarn-spinning form. We’re proud to preserve the TYPO Talks archive, including this recording: https://vimeo.com/1098216690 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Recently we hosted a tour of Arabic calligraphy and type with Sabiha Basrai, Letterform Archive docent and co-owner of Design Action Collective. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Thursday at the Archive! https://letterformarchive.org/shop/type-west-class-of-25-revival-exhibit/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Joker BA Sticker, Walnut Creek, California, 1993 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Introducing Calligraphic Menagerie✨🖌️ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…8jsj Your URL isn’t playing nicely in Mastodon, but this one might work (showing the new batch items from the 10 × 10 for 10 exhibition): https://oa.letterformarchive.org/?searchText=10%20x%2010%20Full%20Records npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Jan van de Velde, Spieghel der Schrijfkonste [Mirror of the Art of Writing], 9.25 × 13.25 in, Rotterdam, 1605. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…dr8l Will there be a book fair or shop this year? We may want to participate. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Lloyd Reynolds, woodcut interpretation of Neuland (typeface by Rudolf Koch), United States, date unknown. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive NKF: Piet Zwart’s Avant-Garde Catalog for Standard Cables, 1927–1928 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Launched in the late 1920s, The Complete Commercial Artist (Gendai shōgyō bijutsu zenshū 現代商業美術全集) showcased work by Japan’s early design visionaries in 24 volumes on posters, window displays, lighted signs, and more. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Book people have their own conclave. Each year the Miniature Book Society gathers to exchange ideas and books. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Ichiyama, a design professor at Purdue, commissioned this slate to show his students how inscriptional lettering works. Benson, perhaps the 20th century’s greatest American stonecutter, was in the middle of designing inscriptions for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, DC (one of many national monuments he cut) when he wrote back to Ichiyama to accept the job. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Futurists like Marinetti have a complicated history with fascism. This relationship will be discussed on the tour. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Plus, Sharjah in Dubai later in the year: https://atypi.org/2025/04/25/atypi-brings-double-the-fun-next-year-stanford-sharjah-both-to-host-conferences-in-2026/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Just announced by SILICON: ATypI 2026 will be held at Stanford! https://silicon.stanford.edu/atypi/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Text within دُعا (Prayer): npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Halah Khan, دُعا / Dua (Prayer), 8 × 8 in, Karachi, 2022. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Unknown scribe, Horae Beata Virgo Maria, Italy, 1510. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive J. Laugier, Modèles graphiques d'alphabets industriels modernes, Eugene Charavay, Paris, 1890. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive On April 24, Stephen Coles ( @nprofile…unvw) will interview Rob about the org’s beginnings. Why does one collect? What does it mean to collect for other people? How do physical artifacts change how we experience design, typography, and visual culture? npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive A gathering of bibliophiles at Rob Saunders’s home, in 2013, before it became Letterform Archive. This living room eventually transformed into the Archive’s reading room, with shelving at right (image 2) as the periodical wall. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive J.C. de Widt, untitled example of original micrography, 10.63 × 12.75 in, Amsterdam, 1780. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary, by filling our jewel-box gallery with 100 staff picks. Get a glimpse into every corner of the Archive through the lens of the 10 teams who steward the collection. Traverse centuries of graphic art, from a cuneiform tablet to contemporary artists’ books, from icons of modernist typography to everyday ephemera. Never before has such a wide range of the Archive’s collection been viewable in one room. https://letterformarchive.org/news/10-by-10-for-10-exhibition/?utm_source=Mastodon npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…pqf8 Can you share any documentation on who drew these faces? Middendorp credited Dooijes under de Roos’s supervision. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Amsterdam Type Foundry, Bristol & Carlton (typefaces by S. H. de Roos and Dick Dooijes), ca. 1929. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive … The art is black ink on acetate film, to size, 17 × 22 in. It was printed in two color offset by Don Campbell of Honeywell & Todd, a friend of progressive publications, at his larger-press shop. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Jane Norling, Day of Unacceptance, 1972 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Varvara Stepanova, flyer for "The Death of Tarelkin", 1922. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…4hp3 Yes! Past lectures: https://www.societyofprinters.org/videos npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Letterform Archive’s associate curator Stephen Coles is speaking at the Society of Printers’s annual Dwiggins Lecture on April 1, 2025. The topic: warmth & snap in type design. https://www.societyofprinters.org/calendar/coles-dwiggins npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Linotype & Machinery, drawings for 11-point Electra (typeface by W. A. Dwiggins), 1930s–40s. Images: Cursive ‘k’ (inverted and flipped); ‘k’; ‘ffi’ ligature; Roman ‘H’, ‘I’, and accents. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Inside the file cabinet that holds Emigre’s type development history. These folders include sketches, marked proofs, and correspondence. See an example in the Online Archive: https://oa.letterformarchive.org/item?workID=lfa_emigre_0096 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Guerrilla Girls, How Many Works by Women Artists, 1989 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Ann and Paul Rand, Little 1, Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., New York, 1962. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Calligraphers: have you used this shading technique? What’s your method? How do you get a gradient or multi-color effect? npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive unknown calligrapher, San Francisco, ca. 1915. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive We’re hiring! npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Introducing a new series of facsimiles that brings the best of our specimen collection to type fans everywhere. The first titles, devoted to Lucian Bernhard, Roger Excoffon, and Aldo Novarese, provide close-up and comprehensive deep-dives into the world of twentieth-century type through their foundry’s original booklets. Dig into the details with editor Chris Westcott: https://letterformarchive.org/news/inside-the-type-by-series-bernhard-excoffon-and-novarese/?utm_source=Mastodon npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive This clip from KCET Artbound’s 2021 documentary, “Corita Kent: The Pop Art Nun”, describes how she used everyday text to make extraordinary art: npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Corita Kent, handle with care, 1967 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Elaine Lustig Cohen, mailing card for “A Millionth Anniversary”, Meridian Books, New York, 1958. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Margaret Kropholler (cover designer), Wendingen, series 10, no. 5-6, 1930. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Thanks to the Stedelijk Museum, who exhibited facsimiles of these items from our collection, we have a brief bio of Sukonto (sometimes spelled Soeprapto Soekonto). He studied at Hoogere Burgerschool (H.B.S.) in Semarang on Java between Gerindo (Gerakan Rakyat was a member of the student association Sine Nomine [Latin: without a name], and designed their programs for dance parties and plays. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Soeprapto Soekonto, theater programs, Semarang, Indonesia, ca. 1931–34. We’d love to know more about this artist, who was perhaps influenced by Hendrik Wijdeveld (posting tomorrow), but with a style all their own. See the six pamphlets in the Online Archive: tap this image in our bio link npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive I think we got it all except maybe “Dec”? npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Leopold Forstner, Poster (facsimile) for “Wiener Kunst im Hause” (Viennese Art in the House), 1903. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Oleg Volodymyrovych Snarsky was born April 15, 1923 in Kyiv. As a Ukrainian graphic artist he was a member of the Union of Soviet Artists of Ukraine since 1962. Along with this manual he designed other books, posters, and postage stamps. He died in 2015. https://uk.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B3_%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive O. Снарский [O. Snarsky], Щрифмы/Алфавиты [Typefaces/Alphabets], Kiev, 1979. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Leviathan luggage tag, New York, ca. 1930. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Li Cheong Hing, watercolor and postage stamp collage on postcard, Canton (Guangzhou), China, date unknown. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive We’re compiling all our best articles, videos, and images on topic pages we call “Inspire Me”. The newest installment gathers content and collections that feature calligraphy and lettering: https://letterformarchive.org/calligraphy-and-lettering/ npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Indian movie posters in Devanagari, and Latin, Telugu, and Bengali scripts: npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Want to know how to design typefaces? Our 10-week course with the great @nprofile…57kv is the perfect opportunity to learn the basics in a supportive, online environment. 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Well, we don’t know, but what we do know is that on some sign painter’s shelf somewhere in the world will be a set of back issues of BLAG.” npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive @nprofile…musy From Jen Dao, the curator: npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Hunter Saxony III, BLM, ca. 2020. npub1pcv0z28t2ln695c4zv8f850g36rneqgqtvyr87m8r7ya4l0458yss843cw Letterform Archive Open now at Letterform Archive! 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