Greatly informative article on the history of the ‘commercial at’ or @ symbol by James Mosley.
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Archive.org: Fredk. Ullmer Catalogue 1902
Steve Saxe, with the help of David MacMillan, has scanned an uploaded the 1902 catalogue from this London Typefounder to Archive.org
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Spitalfields Life: The Caslon Letter Foundry
The ever-excellent Gentle Author looks at the Caslon Letter Foundry, Chiswell Street, London
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Short Film: Typoretum
Jamie Murphy’s great film about Justin Knopp’s Typoretum
Lettering, rather than types, but lovely details of a past offering from Gardners’ Market Sundriesmen: Roy Gardner’s Sales Tickets | Spitalfields Life
I received this from Scott Fisk last week about a Letterpress Show in the US – The 918 Letterpress Ephemera Show will take place from Oct 18th through Nov 29th, 2013 at the Samford University Art Gallery in Birmingham, AL, USA. To submit your work for consideration visit http://letterpressephemera.com. There is no cost to submit. If your work is accepted,…
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Letterpress in Mogadishu
An article in The Atlantic about a printing works in Somalia’s capital. Great ephemeral printing in very trying conditions on a Heidelberg Cylinder Press.
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Hand & Eye: New Heidelberg Cylinder Press
An account from Hand & Eye of the installation of their latest press.