John Jarrold’s Printing Museum

Norfolk-based museum in Norwich. Be sure to check the opening times on their website before visiting.

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24 Sep 17: Monotype: The Wolpe Exhibition

A wonderful exhibition from Monotype at the Type Archive on the work of Berhold Wolpe, perhaps most famous for the beautiful Albertus. https://twitter.com/Monotype/status/909802820114755586?s=09
21 Sep 17: St Bride Event: Douglas Downing on The Dalziel Brothers

A note from St Bride on an upcoming event. I am emailing on behalf of the St Bride Foundation where I curate their events programme as I wanted to let you know about a talk we have coming up that may be of interest to you and your fellow members. It is … Continue reading “St Bride Event: Douglas Downing on The Dalziel Brothers”
19 Sep 17: The Telegraph: The polymath with a font of knowledge

An enjoyable Telegraph article about Kelvyn Smith, proprietor of Mr Smith’s Letterpress workshop. A thoroughly nice man who was good enough to talk me through his approach to printing a couple of years ago. The polymath with a font  of knowledge The s … Continue reading “The Telegraph: The polymath with a font of knowledge”
12 Sep 17: Crown of Flowers: New North Press

Lovely write up by Crown of Flowers of Graham Bignell, Beatrice Bless and Richard Ardagh’s New North Press.
29 Aug 17: You Need the Gill Sans Ensemble!

Lovely specimens of Gill Sans via. ‘Letterform Archive’ Letterform Archive on Twitter “Eric Gill, Gill Sans, c. 1930 #LfATypeEphemera” Twitter Photo by tarrytown