Welcome to the 2024 Gift Guide!

All year long, we track the output of independent type foundries form all over the world in our Weekly Newsletter. But, typeface releases are only half the story! Many foundries have found expressive voice (and supplemental income) in having their own Merch shop. This year especially, we saw foundries really commit to putting new, innovative, and fun objects in their shops that are either informed by or in support of their own font catalogs.

As we’ve done for several years in a row now, we’ve compiled some of the best non-font items featured in our weekly newsletter here for you in our annual Gift Guide. We encourage you to hit all the links to see how foundries are producing more than just pixels, check out our Top 10 gifts to guide your holiday shopping this year, and to take note of the many incredible printed and physical Goods that were published this year.

Happy Holidays, however you celebrate. And may you have a very fontastic December!

— Josh & Kyle

 

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Proof&Co. Picks!

Strokes Tote
Typotheque :: €18

Made from 100% organic cotton canvas, this durable and stylish tote is screen printed locally using permanent water-based inks. One side pays homage to the Roman alphabet with brushstrokes from the seminal works of Edward M. Catich, a master of calligraphy and lettering. The other side highlights the calligraphic elements of the Devanagari script. Presenting the building blocks of two of the world’s most popular scripts, the bag celebrates the beauty of written language.

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Nebulith throw Blanket
Space Type Co. :: $190

Cozy up and bring a unique, typographic touch to your space with this A-Z alphabet knitted throw blanket. Made from 100% premium Egyptian cotton, it’s incredibly soft and perfect for getting cozy on the couch, adding a typographic personality to your bed, or as a striking statement piece on your wall. This blanket features our foundry typeface Nebulith, showcasing bold, calligraphic letterforms that are sure to be conversation starters.

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Alphabet Rubber Stamps
Present & COrrect :: $59

Supreme alphabet stamp sets, in three sizes, cut from solid wood and here for your labelling and printing needs. The boxes are also rather nice. The stamps print a clean, sans serif font. Each set has 33 pieces, the full alphabet plus basic punctuation. Choose from the drop down list, the size listed is the final printed letter height. There’s also a Numbers set.

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SPECIMEN CAP
Grilli Type :: $35

We want summer to be standard. Perfect timing for the second edition of our Specimen Dad cap. Cover your head with our 6-panel, one-size-fits-all cap and look good all summer and the rest of the year.

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Karl Martens 2025 Calendar
Draw Down Books :: $39.50

For each day of this elegant 2025 calendar, Martens has created a unique abstracted form to serve as a number—originally constructed using his signature method of printing letterpress monoprints from found metal forms, which have been digitized to comprise 365 compositions in total.

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ZuZANA LICKO ‘G’ Throw Blanket
Letterform Archive :: $120

This comfy throw blanket features the letter g from the Mrs Eaves Italic typeface by the legendary Zuzana Licko of Emigre.

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1-Year FranMail Subscription
Frances Macleod :: $28.00

FranMail is a quarterly newsletter about living with the seasons. Expect new issues in February, May, August, and November. Each issue contains a blend of activities, seasonal media, and original art in a printed perforated format that’s different every time.
Digitally printed & perforated edition of 200.
17x11 double sided print on colored paper, folds and tears to 4.25x5.5 panels if you wish!

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LetterlOve Postcard Set
Letterform Archive :: $25

With a complete alphabet of scene-stealing letters sourced from Letterform Archive’s vast and varied collection, plus ten numerals and four punctuation marks, Letter Love celebrates the many ways letterforms can surprise and enchant. Printed with metallic ink and presented in a unique perforated booklet, the postcards tear off to reveal an illustrated catalog that shares reproductions and details about the art. Both delightful and practical, Letter Love makes an ideal gift for design and lettering enthusiasts.

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Universal Stencil Plate
Draw Down Books :: $28

The Plaque Découpée Universelle or Universal Stencil Plate was created by the engineer Jonathan A. David in 1876 and sold at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1878, hence the French name. This lettering stencil was designed to draw all upper and lower case letters as well as all possible ornaments one can imagine using its numerous lines.

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Wood Type Memory Game
Genghis Kern :: $30

Typographic treasures to test your mind! The tube includes 72 game pieces and a type specimen featuring faces from the collection of the Hamilton Wood Type Museum. Digital versions of “Hamilton Wood Type” have been converted from actual wood type and are available from P22 Type Foundry at p22.com/hwt. Proceeds go to the Hamilton Woodtype Museum – woodtype.org

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