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Letterform Archive<p>Sylvia Abernathy, album art for Roscoe Mitchell Sextet and Sun Ra, Delmark, 1966.</p><p>In late 1960s Chicago, Sylvia Abernathy was all at once a college student, activist, and graphic designer. One of the few women working in a male-dominated industry, Abernathy (who later changed her name to “Laini”) is believed to be the first Black woman to be credited as a designer on album covers. Read more: <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/laini-sylvia-abernathy/?utm_source=Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/news/lai</span><span class="invisible">ni-sylvia-abernathy/?utm_source=Facebook</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SylviaAbernathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SylviaAbernathy</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Laini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laini</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackDesigners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackDesigners</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/AlbumArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlbumArt</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/1960s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1960s</span></a></p>
Letterform Archive<p>Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.; Racism, Materialism, Militarism; letterpress on map, Detroit, 2014.</p><p>Citizen Printer is open through March 16 at Letterform Archive. Visit, see the online exhibition, buy the book: <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/amos-paul-kennedy-jr-citizen-printer/?utm_source=Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/news/amo</span><span class="invisible">s-paul-kennedy-jr-citizen-printer/?utm_source=Mastodon</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Printing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Printing</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Letterpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Letterpress</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackDesigners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackDesigners</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Materialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Materialism</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/WoodType" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WoodType</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a></p>
Letterform Archive<p>Hunter Saxony III, BLM, ca. 2020.</p><p>Read more about Saxony: <a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/the-last-black-calligrapher-in-sf/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">letterformarchive.org/news/the</span><span class="invisible">-last-black-calligrapher-in-sf/</span></a><br>And see more of his calligraphy in the Online Archive: <a href="https://oa.letterformarchive.org/?dims=Name_KEY&amp;vals0=SAXONYIIIHUNTER&amp;friendly0=Saxony%20III%25comma%20Hunter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">oa.letterformarchive.org/?dims</span><span class="invisible">=Name_KEY&amp;vals0=SAXONYIIIHUNTER&amp;friendly0=Saxony%20III%25comma%20Hunter</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Calligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Blackletter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blackletter</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackArtists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackArtists</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackDesigners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackDesigners</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BLM</span></a></p>
Letterform Archive<p>Chip Thomas (photographer and designer) &amp; Thea Gahr (linocut artist and printer), Tear Down the Walls! Build Up the People!, 2017. </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackDesigners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackDesigners</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Immigration</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/MexicoBorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MexicoBorder</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/LatinAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Linocut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linocut</span></a></p>
Letterform Archive<p>7UP logo and packaging by Thomas Miller, chief designer at Morton Goldsholl Associates, Chicago, 1976.</p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/4159/7-up-branding-1975-1980" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fontsinuse.com/uses/4159/7-up-</span><span class="invisible">branding-1975-1980</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/7Up" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>7Up</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Packaging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Packaging</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BlackDesigners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackDesigners</span></a></p>
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