1. Online classes by Brody Neuenschwander - link
2. Linocut contest by TYPA museum in Tartu (EE) - link + rules
3. The last trained typecaster in Europe, Rainer Gerstenberg has announced his retirement by the end of this year - link + video
4. Hamilton Wood Type& Printing Museum online poster gallery - link
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1. 7th edition of the International Engraving Competition ON PAPER CONTEST 2021. The works of selected artists will be exhibited at the invisible Tinta Gallery in Barcelona. Deadline for registration: April 1, 2021.
2. Here is the Cafe Cliché - link
3. ToCall for submission - link
4. Tibetan Typeforms: the Historical Development of Tibetan Typefaces. 26.02.21. Event registration - link
Jo De Baerdemaeker will present his in-depth research regarding the origin, development, and typographical use of typefaces for the Tibetan writing system and how the Tibetan script evolved from woodblock to pixel. In addition to an introduction to Tibetan script characteristics, the chronological evolution of Tibetan type designs and typographic techniques, Jo will provide a rare insight into the motives behind the manufacturing of multiscript printing types at established polyglot printing houses.
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1. Meet Myrna Keliher. A Q&A with the artist behind the letterpress prints for season two of Poetry Unbound - link
2. Let's Get Printing (F-PRESS). A Kickstarter project by Tim Boulton - link
3. BBC Documentary - Bauhaus 100 - 100 Years of Bauhaus \ Walter Gropius - link
4. Explore the 15th century in our region through the images, stories and characters from the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy. KBR (BE) - link
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1. Inspired by St Bride. With Becky Chilcott, Dave Crossland, Tom Etherington, Alistair Hall, Sophie Hawkey-Edwards, Andrew Long, Simon Loxley, Sarah Pasquali, Vaibhav Singh and Kath Tudball.
14 January 2021. 7–9pm. Online via Zoom.
Tickets £5, £3 for concessions/students/Friends of St Bride - link
2. Reverting to Type 2020 is an exhibition of contemporary letterpress protest posters. These are artworks with something to say: sounding a warning signal about the global climate crisis, railing against fake news and surveillance capitalism, calling out racism, sexism and fighting for equal opportunities and, of course, reacting to the coronavirus pandemic.
This website serves as a digital record of the physical exhibition held at Standpoint Gallery in London, UK which displayed 200 posters from 105 artists in 16 countries.
Curated by Richard Ardagh and Graham Bignell of New North Press the project marks 10 years since their first Reverting to Type exhibition. As well as showcasing the work of the global letterpress community, New North Press have also produced twenty-six collaborative prints especially for the exhibition (cats A–Z) with invited artists, designers, poets, comedians, asylum-seekers, adults with learning disabilities and young people. Check out the full tour of the exhibition - link
3. Helmut Salden Uncovered 1:1 is the first international monograph on Helmut Salden (1910–96), exploring his original sketches and working drawings. The material spans the years 1939 through 1970. In those years, Salden was the most celebrated Dutch lettering artist. All drawings are reproduced at actual size and reveal in detail his pursuit of the ultimate form - link
4. Archivio Tipografico Online Store - link
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1. Short film about Jesse Marsolais who works in old ways – traditional methods of letterpress printing and letter carving in stone and wood - link
2. Christmas is coming! Pressing Matters magazine is offering 10% off all subscriptions taken out before the end of the year - link
3. The Plantin-Moretus Museum once again engaged creative talent to work with the collection of wood blocks. Twenty designers took part in The Print Project. From 105 strong candidates, a jury chose 20 artists who created a print inspired by the museum's impressive collection of woodcuts - link
4. Save the paper collection of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Den Haag) - link
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1. Jaroslav Benda 1882–1970. Typographic designs and letterforms. Extraordinary book about one of the important figures in the history of Czech Republic - link
2. In case you’ve missed the first episode of ‘Letterpress United. An online letterpress festival’ you can check it out the first episode here - link
3. В рамках параллельной программы к выставке «ВХУТЕМАС 100. Школа авангарда» в Музее Москвы 15 декабря пройдет онлайн-лекция «Типографика ВХУТЕМАСа», которую прочитает издатель, преподаватель школы дизайна РАНХиГС, выпускающий редактор журнала «Шрифт», сокуратор выставки Рустам Габбасов - link
4. TYPA is joint winner of the ILUCIDARE Special Prizes 2020 - link
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1. The Plantin-Moretus Museum has an extraordinary collection of 14,000 woodblocks. 14,000 examples of true craftmanship, drawings masterly cut in wood. Be impressed! - link
2. ‘The Secret History of Writing’ documentary by BBC - link
3. Piano variations on Jesus Christ Superstar by Stefano Bollani printed at Opificio Della Rosa. Original woodcut by Umberto Giovannini - link