Viki Adams has an update (with video) of her Adana P71
Author: benb
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Semple Press: Invitation from the Meynells
A lovely story, and even better Monotype border, from Alix and Francis Meynell over at the Semple Press.
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The Wipers Times
The BBC will broadcast a programme detailing the Wipers Times, a trench magazine made by soldiers at Ypres in World War I. I understand Tim Honnor’s Arab will have star billing!
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Artists’ Books and Letterpress: Academic Survey
Angela Butler from the University of the West of England is working on a PhD looking at letterpress within artists’ books practice. Please do join the survey below if you can help!
This research intends to examine how we learn to design and create artists’ books through letterpress. To gain an understanding of how contemporary book artists teaching letterpress has influenced what is produced in the field, and how this relates back into studio and private press practice.
By taking this survey, you are sharing information towards my PhD. studies and agreeing that results may be published in hard copy or online. There are selection boxes in the survey to choose your preference for either being named or remaining anonymous if quoted.
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Chromatic (Multiple Colour) Woodletter Specimen
A really splendid specimen of multi-colour woodletter, hosted by Archive.org
Hat tip:
Worth a Second Look:
An old wood type specimen book that will make you happy.http://t.co/yxPGZSQFaz— Present & Correct (@presentcorrect) November 5, 2013
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James Mosley: ‘Commercial at’ or @
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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Spitalfields Life: Roy Gardner’s Sales Tickets
Lettering, rather than types, but lovely details of a past offering from Gardners’ Market Sundriesmen: Roy Gardner’s Sales Tickets | Spitalfields Life

