About
The Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections (LPGDC) comprise artefacts and archives about
- twentieth-century graphic design
- typeface design
- Isotype
- printing processes: letterpress, intaglio, lithography
- nineteenth- and twentieth-century printed ephemera
- 3-D public lettering
This select handlist provides collection-level descriptions of key collections.
The LPGDC are located within the world-leading Department of Typography & Graphic Communication and used extensively in research and teaching.
Visiting us
The Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections are open by appointment Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday between 10.00 am and 4.00 pm.
If you would like to visit get in touch with our Assistant Curator: LPGDC@reading.ac.uk
She will discuss with you what you would like to see, and find out if we do anything to support your visit.
We will provide you with directions if you are travelling by train, bus or car.
We have very few parking spaces so we need to know in advance if you are travelling by car.