The Linotype and Intertype catalogs

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Brian Lawler

In the previous post I described how I published these out-of-print booklets.

These are links to the PDF versions of those publications. Please feel free to download them.

Click here to download the Linotype Matrix catalog in Font Number order. Updated July 12, 2024
Click here to download the Linotype Matrix Catalog in alphabetical order. Updated July 12, 2024
Click here to download the Intertype Matrix Catalog in Font Number order. Updated July 12, 2024
Click here to download the Intertype Matrix Catalog in alphabetical order. Updated July 12, 2024

Addendum November 1, 2025: I discovered a wonderful online database of all of the Linotype matrices, American, German, and others. It is the most complete listing of matrices that I have found, and it offers much more than these American publications do. That database is accessible here.

About Brian Lawler

Brian Lawler is an Emeritus Professor of Graphic Communication at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and was a Guest Professor at Hochschule München from September, 2021 to September, 2022. He writes about graphic arts processes and technologies for various industry publications, and on his blog, The Blognosticator.
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