Manuale Zapficum, the new limited edition book, commemorates the ninetieth birthdays of typographers Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse through beautiful typeface specimens set in homage to the classic design of Hermann Zapf's masterpiece, his 1968 Manuale Typographicum. The 20 specimen designs in the book are based upon quotes about the couple's oeuvre, each typeset in Zapf faces and letterpress printed by several of the Zapfs' colleagues.

The Graphic Design Archives Chapbook Series celebrates the achievements of key design pioneers whose work is collected in the Special Collections department of RIT Libraries.

This book is about designs born of necessity; often spontaneously, always pragmatically. It is also about the particular sensibility of graphic designer George Tscherny and his ability to find beauty or art in the most ordinary things, and to communicate this appreciation to others. Experience his infectious enthusiasm for what could be called "anonymous", "ad hoc", or "vernacular" design; for objects that have an aesthetic appeal in spite of themselves; for creations that are both ingenious and ingenuous.

Indie Fonts 3: Independent type designers have devoted their talents to producing fresh new fonts that can give your designs a major boost.

Indie Fonts 3 provides a showcase collection of over 1900 diverse fonts from 20 of today's most eclectic digital type foundries and features the best work of these designers. Indie Fonts 3 along with the original Indie Fonts and Indie Fonts 2 will help you find some of the highest quality fonts available today.

Do the words Palatino, Optima, and Melior resonate in your mind? How about Zapf Dingbats or Zapfino? If so, you surely recognize Hermann Zapf as one of the most influential type designers of the twentieth century. Collected here in this CD-ROM are 200 full-color digital reproductions of works spanning the past 60 years of Zapf's rich career.

"Spend Your Alphabets Lavishly,"—a quote from Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables—aptly describes the lifework of two principal figures in contemporary graphic arts: Hermann and Gudrun Zapf. The Zapfs' 50-year relationship with Rochester Institute of Technology is feted in this exhibition and catalogue, sponsored by RIT’s Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection. The show presents rare holdings of Zapf materials held at the Cary Collection—the foremost Zapf archive outside of Germany.

In th 1930s, much of rural America lacked electricity, power, and running water. The Rural Electrification Administration hired graphic designer Lester Beall to create a series of posters illustrating the benefits of electrification. This is the first of three series, created in 1937. Held in RIT Graphic Design Archives, Wallace Library, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.

12 postcards, 2 each of 6 designs

Advertisement designs by Will Bradley. From: Poster Album, The Ault & Wilborg Ink Co., 1902. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Through the early 1900s, Will Bradley designed a series of colorful advertisement posters to showcase the Ault & Wiborg Company's ink products. The Cary Collection shares here reproductions of Bradley's fanciful designs in attractive sets of eight vibrant cards and envelopes.

Cards printed in color on front, blank inside.

8 cards, 2 each of 4 designs with envelopes.

Advertisement designs by Will Bradley. From: Poster Album, The Ault & Wilborg Ink Co., 1902. Held in the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection.

Ismar David made his career over a broad spectrum of applied art. His work is exciting, not merely because of its technical excellence, but because it resonates with clarity and color of a distinct and distinctive artistic voice.