Pleased to announce this exhibition about Type Archive founder Sue Shaw.
From her early career in publishing houses such as Faber & Faber, to setting up her own imprint (The Merrion Press) for the production of letterpress printed books of the highest standards, and her instrumental role in establishing and maintaining the Type Archive, the achievements of Sue Shaw (1932–2020) were plentiful.
Fantastic experimental materials classes with Dafi Kühne yesterday at New North Press
These late nineteenth century posters have just been revealed during renovations at the Coach & Horses pub in Stoke Newington, but can anyone guess the missing words in the older signwritten letters beneath?
Glasses Only & Par___ _e_ ___ged n this Bar
#Boosts appreciated; more photos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SaRH8HoBcYnVG7OTb0Rq7PG_41fyBlX3?usp=sharing
Posters printed by Bowles & Pope, who were at 76 & 47 Leadenhall St in the 1880s/early 1890s. The proprietor of the pub at that time was John Jones.
Best wishes for 2025!
V x5 = 25 (XXV)
Printed letterpress at New North Press
A great account of the noise and dirt of the hot-metal era, and the importance of its preservation.
‘In the Print Shop’ by the late Peter Campbell
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n24/peter-campbell/diary
@blag Thanks Sam! A very good early Christmas present. Cheers for your support
‘Type Archived’ is now fully funded – thank you!
The campaign page will continue to make the exclusive reward packages available until 20 December so there is still time if you haven’t got round ordering yet
https://tinyurl.com/muuz9u4s
HUGE thanks to everyone who has supported the project and all those who helped spread the word.
The Type Archive’s collections held typefounding materials for most languages of the world.
Non-Latin scripts pictured here:
1, ‘Ethiopic’ (Ge’ez) punch
2, Devanagari pattern
3, Tamil wood-letter
4, Cyrillic button bank for Monotype keyboard
‘Type Archived’ is now 78% funded
https://tinyurl.com/muuz9u4s
The Type Archive was a complicated place but it was a simple observation from a guest that stayed with me and ended up inspiring the organisation of the book’s contents.
He commented that it was interesting to see how many materials a letter design passed through on its journey to the printed page.
The book is arranged by material – iron, steel, copper, bronze, brass, lead, wood, paper – tying the content together visually at first glance.
‘Type Archived’ https://tinyurl.com/muuz9u4s
A beautiful book about the collections of the Type Archive is in the works.
‘Type Archived’ traces the origins of typography through the physical tools, objects and machinery that made the printed word possible.
Full of rich photography and detailed descriptions of artefacts, the book is currently funding https://tinyurl.com/muuz9u4s
Following the sad closure of the Type Archive in London last year I’m pleased to report that the story is not over. There are plans in the pipeline for ways to continue to share and celebrate the TA’s typographic treasures.
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@onpaperwings New videos about methods which, until last year, had continued at the Type Archive in London, enabling the ongoing output of *new* hot-metal typesetting. Hope you enjoy
Short films documenting the history of the Monotype Corporation and the hot-metal system it pioneered can now be watched here
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/monotype-collection
Unrealised project from 2019: The digital archiving of historic typographic matrices.
The idea was to use 3D scanning to create a digital archive of the Stephenson Blake matrices held at the Type Archive. By capturing the depth of letterforms (not just the face) the aim was firstly, to build an accessible online resource that explained the physical nature of typefounding, and secondly, to use this data to enable the fabrication of both new letterpress type and companion digital fonts.
