Type Specimen Books in Special Collections

Gary Hustwit's 2007 independent film documentary about the history and use of one of the world's most ubiquitous typefaces.

A 2015 documentary film by Gonzalo Hergueta and MRKA that explores the history and possibilities of use for letterpress in the digital age.

Founded in 1914, this professional association for graphic artists is the oldest and largest of its kind.

Originally founded in 1974, APHA is a national association of printers, graphic designers, curators, librarians, booksellers, book collectors, and book historians dedicated to the study of printing history in the United States and around the world.

As "the oldest society dedicated to the study of books and manuscripts as physical objects," the Bibliographical Society of America was founded in 1904.

A non-profit organization founded in 1980 that specializes in promoting awareness of the history of printed ephemera and facilitating both institutional and private ephemera collection development.

A foundation formed to bring an international network of book historians together in scholarly communication, this organization covers all aspects of scholarship in the material culture of books and ephemera.

Since its founding in Chicago in the year 1927, this society has dedicated itself to the promotion of high quality typographic design in visual communication.