The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics (c.1960)
[via Retro Graphic Design]

The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics (c.1960)

[via Retro Graphic Design]

Handmade numbers (by Imagaday)

Handmade numbers (by Imagaday)

All in Good Time! by The Don Scaletta Trio, 1965via The Accidental Optimist

All in Good Time! by The Don Scaletta Trio, 1965
via The Accidental Optimist

Pootjes Numerals White 
“Glass lettering by Pootjesglas, Hilversum, circa 1960. Font name ‘DIK CIJFER,’ Size #3, black on white. (Collection Piet Schreuders, Amsterdam)”

Pootjes Numerals White

“Glass lettering by Pootjesglas, Hilversum, circa 1960. Font name ‘DIK CIJFER,’ Size #3, black on white. (Collection Piet Schreuders, Amsterdam)”

The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics (c.1960)
[via Retro Graphic Design]

The Trachtenberg Speed System of Basic Mathematics (c.1960)

[via Retro Graphic Design]

Handmade numbers (by Imagaday)

Handmade numbers (by Imagaday)

All in Good Time! by The Don Scaletta Trio, 1965via The Accidental Optimist

All in Good Time! by The Don Scaletta Trio, 1965
via The Accidental Optimist

Pootjes Numerals White 
“Glass lettering by Pootjesglas, Hilversum, circa 1960. Font name ‘DIK CIJFER,’ Size #3, black on white. (Collection Piet Schreuders, Amsterdam)”

Pootjes Numerals White

“Glass lettering by Pootjesglas, Hilversum, circa 1960. Font name ‘DIK CIJFER,’ Size #3, black on white. (Collection Piet Schreuders, Amsterdam)”

Drawn by Stephanie Walls

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