1. Screening of the 'Graphic Means' documentary. Fotomusuem in Antwerp, 30.11.2017 (free)
2. Bixa was originally designed as wood type for letterpress printing, and is now transformed into a multicolor font for web: Bixa Color.
3. Exhibition ‘Xtra small' Miniature books in Museum Meermanno, 03.10.2017 - 07.01.2018
4. International Mini Print Biennial 2018 May 9 - July 27, call for submissions - link
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1. The Letter Exchange lecture series 2017-18. Check out the programme
2. William Caslon – A specimen of printing types (1785)
3. 'The birth of printing' docudrama directed by Marc Jampolsky
4. Behind Simoncini’s Glasses, an article about the exhibition on Francesco Simoncini
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1. 'John Baskerville. Art and Industry in the Enlightenment', by Caroline Archer-Parré and Malcolm Dick, Liverpool University Press.
2. 'The Visual History of Type', by Laurence King.
3. Type and time: Work, typographic meanderings and learning to slow down. The Beatrice Warde Memorial Lecture by The Counter Press. 2 November, 7pm, St Bride Foundation.
4. The second issue of Pressing Matters magazine is available for purchase.
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1. Boekkunstbeurs in Pieterskerk in Leiden. 11-12.11.2017.
2. The Wolpe Exhibition - a month-long exhibition to celebrate the launch of a new collection of typefaces, originally designed by Berthold Wolpe, now revived by Monotype.
3. Making third stream books in the post-digital age, lecture by Russell Maret. 17.10.2017
4. Double Dagger Issue 2 is now available for pre-order.
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1. Women in Print: production, distribution and consumption. Call for papers.
Deadline 15.11.2017
2. Frank Baseman’s Inner Ben Franklin by Steven Heller
3. New Prints 2018/Winter. Call for submissions. Deadline 09.11.2017
4. Nieuwe business modellen in print. 05.10.2017, Mechelen
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1. The State of Historical Letterpress. This one-day workshop examines the survival and use of historical printing presses and type. Birmingham, UK. 29.09.2017
2. DRUKOPSTRAAT #6. Steamroller Printing Festival in Gent. 23-24.09.2017 - link
3. Redopapers is a young design brand from Antwerp that uses left over and unused print materials. The final result is a line of beautiful stationery products.
4. Art Print Residence in Barcelona.
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1. Print with Questa Grande Wood Type! Under the guidance of Martin Majoor & Thomas Gravemaker at the Letterpress Amsterdam. 16/17.09.2017, more info
2. Type Design workshop by Sébastien Sanfilippo in Mechelen. 22-24.09.2017
3. To mark 350th anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s birth, Jamie Murphy from The Salvage Press has reprinted A Modest Proposal, with lithographs by David O’Kane and new poems by Jessica Traynor.
4. Love of Letterpress, curated Call for Submissions. Deadline 10.09.2017