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Speaker: Rob Saunders on His Journey from Publishing to Collecting

Sunday, 5/7/2023
1:30 - 3:00
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room A
Latino/Hispanic Meeting Room B
Main Library

100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
United States

415-557-4400

Rob Saunders, founder of Letterform Archive, speaks about his journey as a designer, teacher and publisher, collecting graphic design and letterforms for over forty years. Letterform Archive of San Francisco was founded as a place to share Rob's private collection with the public, opening to visitors in February 2015. The Archive offers hands-on access to a curated collection of over 1000,000 items related to lettering, typography, calligraphy, and graphic design, spanning thousands of years of history.

This lecture is part of the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of Calligraphy, sponsored by Book Arts & Special Collections. 

Typography and Calligraphy

Attend programming, lectures and workshops on the art, design and function of lettering.

This program is sponsored by Friends of the San Francisco Public Library.

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