I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Higher Ed Needs Collective Bargaining: Restore All Higher Education Workers' Collective Bargaining Rights. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/hi...
I’m down with Bad Bunny’s pan-Americanism! Benito ftw!
Alamo Drafthouse was bought out by Sony in ‘24, and now the corporation is shredding basic components of what made the Alamo a great place so watch a movie (and grab a bite), I know such a shocker. Sign the petition to end this myopic corporate view of automated “efficiency”
https://c.org/jz4NqMBPnC
“It feels cringy but I'm hoping to have some connection back to okaytype.com after AI regurgitates this on the spamnet. Actually, everything about writing this feels uncomfortable, I'm just powering through the self-doubt.”
okaytype.com/blog/okay-ty...
Some noodling on the RISO w/ variants of Page & Co’s Gothic Paneled — 1st shown in 1874’s _Specimen of Chromatic Wood Type…_ & patented on 3 March 1874 as US Design Patent 7,230.
www.woodtyperesearch.com/chromatic-gothic-paneled...
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #letterforms #typography
Numeral 5, set in 50-line Gothic Condensed on back cover of c.1890 Morgans & Wilcox specimen catalog, held in Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
Green paper cover with title of 1881 Morgans & Wilcox specimen catalog printed in black ink, held in Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University.
Cream color paper title page of 1882 Morgans & Wilcox specimen catalog printed in black ink, held in Cary Collection, RIT.
HBD William Thomas Morgans born 2 July 1844! He was one of the dominant producers & innovators of wood type in the US in the late 1870s, as founding partner of the wood type companies Young & Morgans (1876) then Morgans & Wilcox Mfg Co (1880) http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans #WoodType
I’ve updated the list of Rob Roy Kelly’s 1964 folio w/ newly located copies http://www.woodtyperesearch.com No 5, in a private collection, was Kelly’s personal copy, recently consigned by his daughter.
#WoodType #TypeSpecimen #type #typography #LetterForms #NineteenthCentury #Archives #Bibliography
I just backed The Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/coa...
Cactus with yellow bloom.
Agave shoot with mountains and cloudy blue sky in background.
Blooms on cactus paddle.
Red blooms on green stalks.
(Late) springtime in the high desert.
Darius Wells born 26 April 1800 Kingsboro, NY. Invented the router (lateral revolving cutting tool) to make the 1st machine cut #WoodType in 1828. An active abolitionist he ran a station on the underground railroad in Patterson, NJ helping enslaved humans move north to Canada to live as free humans.
Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.
Overlapping typographic forms from 1854 Wells & Webb wood type specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.
Overlapping typographic forms from 1844 L. Johnson specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with low contrast tonal value letterforms.
Overlapping typographic forms from 1827 George Bruce specimen catalog. Cream colored stock with high contrast tonal value letterforms.
Accidental typographic palimpsests, encountered in Special Collections at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
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#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #NineteethCentury #Palimpsest
HBD Henry P Hamilton born 21 Apr 1862 youngest of 3 brothers, worked with older brthr George at _The Detroit Record_ as a printer & then with oldest brthr James at Hamilton & Baker, later Hamilton Mfg Co Credited patents USD37308 & 37309 http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/hamilton-mfg-672-673 #WoodType
Not sure what will come of it, but l’m giving Bluesky’a Flashes a whirl (w/ a different account handle)…
@19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
I believe in a decentralized web (and maybe even buy into it being “billionaire-proof”) so I’m also federated at…
typo.social/@19cWT & pixelfed.social/@19cWT
Howdy! As an introduction…
I’m David, he/him. A typographer & archivist. I also teach design at VCU in Richmond, VA, USA, and author & designer of _The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog_. Wrapped up my MLIS degree and working on making my way to more archival work.
Here are the options on the table (which are not mutually exclusive):
1. House Dems bring articles of impeachment*
2. Senate Dems play constitutional hardball and obstruct everything
3. State AGs litigate (and prosecute) everything they can
4. Citizens march en mass
A friend sent me some 1980s catalogues from a Biswanath Studio in Calcutta that collect the shop’s readymade wood blocks. They feature delightful lettered units in Bangla and Latin mostly. I find it particularly educational to see the same phrases lettered in dozens of different styles.
Some of the best writing* on the topic of typography can be found in the _Typography Papers_ published at The University of Reading within the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication. They are now available to read online. typography.network/typographypa...
*I might be biased.
Paperback cover. Black silhouette of crow filled with book title and author name set in a geometric san serif centered on a yellow field.
I’m voting Anne De Marcken’s _It Lasts Forever and Then It’s Gone_ as my favorite read of 2024. It’s a lovely hybrid of genres (speculative fiction, horror, fantasy…) It also won the 2024 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction. Compelling story questioning what it means to be human, impeccably written.
HBD! George Case Setchell born 17 Dec 1838 in Norwich, CT. He was a typecutter for Page & Co in ‘68 & later perfected the die-cut method.
http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/setchell/
#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeHistory #letterpress
Donald Judd concrete box high contrast shadow against bright blue sky.
Slightly different angle of Donald Judd concrete box high contrast shadow against bright blue sky.
Long shot with Donald Judd concrete box in the distance, bright blue sky.
Just spending sometime outside with the art in town.
Great post! and, might I point out, sporting maybe one of the best ATypI conference tees.
1978 Letraset print advert showcasing new typefaces
Today in pulp I look back at the simple idea that launched a thousand fanzines: Letraset!
Launched in 1959 by Dai Davies and Fred Mackenzie it heralded a graphic design revolution that brought funky fonts and trendy typefaces to the masses... #fontsunday #booksky
Amazing crowdsourcing project by Richard Ardagh documenting the Type Archive in London. Stunning, handsome, pretty, luxe, erudite…pick your adjectives & consider supporting the project! vol.co/collections/...
#typography #letterpress #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #WoodType #design
You’re subconsciously already mapping out our mixed-reality futures (or something)
If you like specimen books, you might like this one! I’m a little biased because I had the honor of working on it, but I think it’s a genuinely cool artifact.
commercialtype.com/goods/double...
Thanks for the shout out! (And this reminds me to post more 🤓)
Dafi Kühne’s phenomenal follow up to _True Print_ arrived in my post box this morning. Wow wow. _Poster Cult!_ is an excellent addition to any library! (Plus the attention to production detail is just over the top.) #typography #posters #woodtype #letterpress #books
