Punch

Typographic designs illustrate important moments in the history of typefaces. No ornaments, fleurons, dingbats were used, only uppercase & lowercase letters, numerals, standard punctuation marks and a small set of special characters.56 × 101 cm — 22 × 40 in

Black ornamental figure built from letters inside a patterned border
Two mirrored letterform figures on a black background
Black horned figure built from letters inside a patterned border
Two white ornamental letterform figures on a black background
Symmetrical black letterform totem between two columns
Two white letterform constructions with curly flourishes on black
Black letterform totem with ladder-like shapes inside a patterned border
Two white diagonal letterform constructions on black
Black heart-shaped letterform construction inside a patterned border
Two white letterform faces, one overlaid with scattered characters
Delicate black floral letterform totem inside a patterned border
Two white swirling ornamental letterform designs on black