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This is a fragment 17 Mar 2013 | 09:48 pm
The slate headstones of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire are the glories of their churchyards. Much of the stone came from the quarries of Swithland in Leicestershire, which were worked until the la...
Typefoundry 2006 to 2012: a list of contents 29 Dec 2012 | 10:30 pm
This is a list of all the posts to this blog with some notes saying what each piece is about. At the end there are a few words by the writer. Each of the earlier headings (35 and before) links to its...
The Proclamation of the Irish Republic: notes from Dublin 7 Sep 2012 | 11:31 am
The image above shows a full-size facsimile of the original Proclamation (made from a scan of the copy at the Providence Public Library, Rhode Island, USA) propped against the stonework of one of the ...
Caractères de l’Université 30 Jul 2012 | 12:28 am
The image above shows a detail of a type on a body of about 18 points that appears in the big type specimen book of the Imprimerie Royale, Paris, 1845. As can be seen, the type is attributed to ‘Garam...
Portrait of Bodoni? 10 Jun 2012 | 05:55 pm
Was the sitter for this portrait Giambattista Bodoni, whose name was written on the back? And can we believe the claim that the artist was Andrea Appiani (1754–1817)? Appiani’s well known painting of ...
The types of Jean Jannon at the Imprimerie royale 4 Feb 2012 | 05:17 am
It is well known that the ‘Garamond’ types, of which the use was initiated at the Imprimerie nationale, Paris, during first years of the 20th century, included some that had been cast from a set of ea...
Type held in the hand 6 Jan 2012 | 11:23 pm
Type, as we know, is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand. But there are fewer opportunities for doing this now than ever before, and our fading familiarity with the way type was made ...
Elzevir letter 8 Nov 2011 | 04:22 am
From time to time those who handle English books of the early 18th century come across the phrase ‘Elzevir letter’ in the lists of new publications that are added at the end by booksellers. It refers ...
Talbot Baines Reed, typefounder and sailor 31 Jul 2011 | 09:03 pm
Talbot Baines Reed was born in 1852 and he died in 1893, a premature death for someone who might in later years have been able to contribute even more than he did to our knowledge of the history of hi...
Garamond or Garamont? 2 Apr 2011 | 12:37 am
This small engraving (47 by 28 mm) was included by Léonard Gaultier towards the end of the 16th century in his ‘Portraits of illustrious men who have flourished in France since the year 1500 until the...
