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name: "Heikki's Garden of Flowers"
subtitle: "Searchable archive of historical letterpress type ornaments"
date: 2026-06-21
link: "https://garden-of-flowers.heikkilotvonen.com/"
linkText: "heikkilotvonen.com"
source: "Web Curios"
topics: [design-and-art, history-and-archives]
tags: [typography, archive, design, letterpress]
description: "A photographed and catalogued archive of historical letterpress type ornaments and printer's flowers, documented from original sources by Heikki Lotvonen."
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A catalogued archive of historical letterpress type ornaments and printer's flowers — the decorative botanical and geometric elements typesetters used to fill pages before photography. Heikki Lotvonen has photographed and documented them from original sources, making a searchable visual library of something most people have seen but never noticed as a distinct art form. The documentation is meticulous and the specimens are genuinely beautiful.