Sources
Archives for the posters, and period books for the missing letters.
Archives
Where the posters come from. Every scan on this site is public domain and comes with a catalogue record.
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The deepest pool of French posters, with catalogue records for each sheet.
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Large poster holdings, many marked “no known restrictions”.
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Where scans from many archives meet, each with a licence and a source link. The usual route for fetching scans here.
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Searches museum and library collections across Europe. Good for German and Central European posters.
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Scanned period alphabet books with complete letter sets.
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Period design books that include usable letter plates, not only ornament.
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Prints and posters with clear catalogue records and rights notes.
Period books
A poster only shows a handful of letters. These books publish complete alphabets from the same period, drawn as letters that can stand alone.
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Complete Victorian display alphabets. Used here as full letter sets for missing characters.
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Later Delamotte plates with complete A to Z sets, including Gothic and modern display alphabets.