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Today I fol­lowed a tweet to MoMA’s site. Some­thing new had been added to their col­lec­tion, some­thing unexpected.

This first selec­tion of 23 type­faces rep­re­sent a new branch in our col­lec­tion tree. They are all dig­i­tal or designed with a fore­sight of the scope of the dig­i­tal rev­o­lu­tion, and they all sig­nif­i­cantly respond to the tech­no­log­i­cal advance­ments occur­ring in the sec­ond half of the twen­ti­eth cen­tury. Each is a mile­stone in the his­tory of typography.

The newly acquired type­faces will all be on dis­play in Stan­dard Devi­a­tions, an instal­la­tion of the con­tem­po­rary design gal­leries open­ing March 2 on the third floor. You can find the full post by Paola Antonelli, Senior Cura­tor, Depart­ment of Archi­tec­ture and Design  here. These are a cou­ple of our favorites that have been included.

Neville Brody FF Blur (1992)

Erik Spiek­er­mann FF Meta (1984–1991)

Albert-Jan Pool FF DIN (1995)