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Words by Production Type Team
In the library with Eliott Grunewald
Type designer and founder of Ornamental Title & Type Eliott Grunewald came over to spend a morning in our library. He showed us some of his favorite items and talked about his love for diverse, experimental shapes in type design.
Type designer and founder of Ornamental Title & Type Eliott Grunewald came over to spend a morning in our library. He showed us some of his favorite items and talked about his love for diverse, experimental shapes in type design.
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An item Eliott also has in his library:
Catalogue Général by La Fonderie Typographique Française (1928)
An item he keeps coming back to, even though he’s already “finished” it:
Alphabet Thesaurus Vol. 2 by Photo-Lettering Inc. (1970)
One Line Manual of Styles by Photo-Lettering Inc. (1960)
An item that has influenced how Eliott thinks about type design:
Lettera & Lettera 2: A Standard Book of Fine Lettering by Armin Haab, Walter Hættenschweiler, Alex Stocker (1962)
The item that has aged the best:
Type Specimen Booklets by International Typeface Corporation (1974-1986)
Two items he would leave the library with:
Alphabets Artistiques by Pierre Mahé (1859)
Examples of Modern Alphabets: Plain and Ornamental by Freeman Delamotte (1859)
