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Produced between 1958 and 1971, the Schriftenkartei (Typeface Index) represents a West German agency’s effort to catalog all the country’s typefaces in production at the time. All seven foundries were on board: Bauersche Gießerei, H. Berthold AG, Genzsch & Heyse, Ludwig & Mayer, D. Stempel AG, Johannes Wagner GmbH, and C. E. Weber. (Letterform Archive) For cards from East Germany see entry LLC1582.

~40-page booklet with letterpress ornanents

Single folded page printed in three colors. (Letterform Archive)

Single page with 3-color printing on both sides. One side features Torino and the other Microgramma (Letterform Archive)

Staple-bound booklet with fold-out pages with 2 color printing. (Letterform Archive)

Folded poster-sized sheet with 3-color printing. (Letterform Archive)

Booklet with various type specimens, cover yellow and blue, with a blue tree holding single letters on its branches. (Letterform Archive)

Folder with 5 loose sheets, showing different weights and widths of the Chambord typeface. (Letterform Archive)

12-page staple-bound booklet with 4-color printing and tansparent sheets inside cover. (Letterform Archive)

4-page staple-bound booklet with 4-color printing. Seven loose leaf pages included, showing all the different variants of Vendôme. "ca. 1953" is noted on the cover, but the specimen includes Vendôme Étroit, which was released in 1954. Subtitle is a phrase repeated throughout that translates as "The Vendôme Sells." Specimen designed by Roger Excoffon. (Letterform Archive)

8-page staple-bound booklet with cardstock cover and 4-color printing. Specimen designed by Roger Excoffon (Letterform Archive)

20-page staple-bound booklet with one-color printing. Cover has 2 color printing, and specimen contains endsheets. (Letterform Archive)

24-page booklet featuring three scripts and use cases. (Letterform Archive)

11 loose folios with folded cover. (Letterform Archive)

Spiral bound specimen with hard cover and 2 color printing. (Letterform Archive)

Red pamphlet with image of Roman relief on cover (Letterform Archive)

White pamphlet with Roman relief on cover. (Letterform Archive)

Single folded page with 2 color printing. Features Egizio first and then Juliet. (Letterform Archive)

Tri-fold pamphlet with four-color cover. (Letterform Archive)

Single-folded pamphlet with two-color cover. (Letterform Archive)

Booklet. Sea foam green cover printed with red and black ink. Large white "M" takes up over half of the cover. (Letterform Archive)

Tri-fold booklet with loose leaf printed in 4-color. (Letterform Archive)

8-page staple-bound booklet with 2 color print. Type specimen designed by Nickolas Storto (Letterform Archive)