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Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Parole In Libertà Futuriste, 25 x 25 cm, ink on tin, 1932.

No matter where you are, you can learn about “The Tin Book,” and many more icons of concrete poetry, at our next virtual tour with Milosh Sokolikj and Christina Newhard.

Wed, May 7, 2025
11:00am–12:30pm PT
(7:00pm–8:30pm GMT)
Online via Zoom

Register to attend: letterformarchive.org/shop/the

Spread from a book made of metal. Verso: an orange and green background. On the top are alternating red and black words reading “SI” and “NO”, each growing in size as they descend down the surface from top left to bottom right. Recto: Black text on a grey, unprinted background. The text: macchina lirica Stan-tuff Stan-tuff Stan-tuff Stan-tuf-fooo Stan-tuf-fooo di gioia penetrare nel grasso che friggeride friggeride nostalgia graassssada grecaassssada Un 2° Stantuffo di VOLON VOLON TA VOOO LOOON TAA frenatissimo da troppo olio di Sensualità (grave penoso maiyridnato) folle folle folle corsa continua di 2 cinghie di trosinissione (affetto rancore) 3 ruote di ricordi dolorosi ingradanarsi con 3 ruote diro- nie male oliate (stridori lentissimi) 1° tubo scappamento panpantomimapan panpantomi- mapan gioig sia danzante elegante arguta del fumo dei dolori vecchi sciati panpantomimapan nel tubo-bocca studen- tesco in vacanza vociferantissimo Puff! - Puff! In alto un colossale globo bianco d' ambi-zione-fumo spesso puff fuori dal camino della locomotiva i globi 3 globi bianchi bianchi ! Poi spensieratamente 3 spirali di fantasie leggere grige
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Letterform Archive

We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with an exhibition of our most beloved artifacts—100 objects selected by the 10 teams who steward the collection.

10 × 10 for 10 is on view until October 2025.

Gallery Hours
Thursday: 1:00pm–8:00pm (free!)
Friday–Saturday: 11:00am–6:00pm
Closed Monday–Wednesday

Plan your visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/?u

Photo of a wood-floored gallery with a large floating gray wall filling most of the frame. In the wall are large red vinyl letters: “10 × 10 for 10” in different styles, and “Ten years of Letterform Archive. One hundred objects of typographic design.” in smaller text. A stack of posters on a pedestal is in the foreground, and people looking at art in the gallery in the background.
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Happy birthday @letterformarchive — 10 this year 🎂

For those able to get to San Francisco between now and October, be sure to visit this special exhibition:
letterformarchive.org/news/10-

The exhibition is accompanied by an events programme that unfolds across the year, starting with archive founder Rob Saunders and @stewf discussing the archive's origins and its approaches to collecting objects for public access:

letterformarchive.org/shop/loo

Letterform Archive · 10 × 10 for 10: Ten years of Letterform Archive. One hundred objects of typographic design.We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with an exhibition of our most beloved artifacts. The show runs April 26 – October 12, 2025.
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Letterform Archive

Job Opening: Associate Director, Major Giving & Corporate Partnerships

Do you love good design? Do you believe the world needs more inspiration? Bring your fundraising and relationship cultivation skills to an organization whose community is growing rapidly because we inspire people every day.

Apply by April 30, 2025: jobs.gusto.com/postings/letter

A graphic with a red background filled with drawn portraits of various faces. Overlaid in the center in white are the words “We’re Hiring!”
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Letterform Archive

We are honored to publish Emigre Fonts: Type Specimens, 1986–2024, a compendium of specimens spanning forty years of type innovation from the legendary Bay Area foundry. Preview a selection from the book’s 1,200+ pages—and read a foreword from Associate Curator Stephen Coles on the importance of the Emigre archive to the mission of Letterform Archive: letterformarchive.org/news/ins

Letterform Archive · Inside Emigre Fonts, Type Specimens, 1986–2024With 40 complete type specimens packed into 5 pounds, this compendium documents the output of one of the earliest (and most prolific) digital type foundries. Here’s a peek at the book’s foreword.
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