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Letterform Archive

Letterform Archive, a museum in California
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Letterform Archive, a museum in California
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Letterform Archive, a museum in California
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Letterform Archive, a museum in California
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Letterform Archive, a museum in California
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Letterform Archive, a museum in California
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Letterform Archive is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Spiral Knob stands 423 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Esprit Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

About

The story

Letterform Archive is a non-profit museum and special collections library in San Francisco, California dedicated to collecting materials on the history of lettering, typography, printing, and graphic design. It is curated by graphic designer Rob Saunders, who founded the museum with his private collection of "books, periodicals, maquettes, posters, and other ephemera" in 2014. The museum opened in February 2015 with 15,000 items. It moved to a larger space in 2020. Guests can visit the gallery exhibition during regular open hours, or schedule tours or research visits by appointment.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 2014.

Wikidata Q41168759, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.75982, -122.38824
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Esprit Park: 0.2 mi
  • Woods Yard Park: 0.2 mi
  • Crane Cove Park: 0.2 mi
  • Dogpatch Arts Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Pennsylvania Garden: 0.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.8 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 6.1 mi
  • Neptune: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.1 mi
  • Fort Funston: 6.8 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 9.2 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.2 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 58
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 14
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Letterform Archive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spiral KnobNE 48°423 m11.6 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 207°371 m5.6 mi
Richardson EastNW 316°338.6 m8.7 mi
Peak 1041NW 312°317.297 m9.9 mi
Mount DavidsonWSW 247°283 m3.9 mi
Slacker HillNW 313°282 m7.6 mi
Hawk HillNW 308°281 m7.7 mi
Mount SutroW 268°278 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:36
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8973091799

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