1. Leipziger Typotage 2021 - link
2. Hamilton Hang: Chris Chandler - Neu Haus Press. 23.04.2021 - link
3. Impact 11 International Printmaking Conference - link
4. RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection preserves Hebrew wood type - link
Camiel Van Breedam in The Bibliotheca Wittockiana.
As travelling abroad remain restricted at the moment, we (me and my art-loving friend) are travelling every month within Belgium to visit museums we've never been to yet. Well, you can be a tourist in your own country, aren't you?
On Saturday morning, following our passion for books and discovering that we haven't been to The Bibliotheca Wittockiana yet, we took a train and started our journey. Upon arrival in Brussels, we decided to take a walk and enjoy the beauty of the city, soaking in the warm morning sun. So unusual for this time of the year.
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Quick links
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1. Printing in Offenbach: the art of a craft and the craft in the art. Annual (online) conference of the Association of European Printing Museums. 20-22 May 2021 - link
2. Camiel Van Breedam in Bibliotheca Wittockiana - link (+pictures)
3. “Around the world” is a collective project, a shared and ideal journey - link
4. Interesting article by Carl Middleton about wood type and so much more - link
The Museum of Industry. Textile Posters.
After being absent from printshop for more than 2 months due to 'we all know what’ I'm happy to be back! As many of you might know my printshop 'Letterpress Corner' is currently closed for the public and I'm back at work at the printing department of the Museum of industry. Actively involved in the life of the printing department, as well as designing and typesetting posters from wood and metal type using a rich collection of the museum.
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1. Bezette Stad 100! Ga terug in de tijd en dompel je onder in de wereld waarin Van Ostaijen en zijn vrienden leefden en werkten. Van Antwerpen als bezette stad tijdens de Eerste Wereldoorlog naar Berlijn tijdens de roaring twenties waar de iconische bundel 'Bezette Stad' geschreven werd. Zaterdag 27 maart 2021 tot zondag 27 juni 2021 van 10:00 tot 17:00 - link
2. Stop Typographic Pollution! Typographic summer school with Dafi Kühne. Update: Dates for 2021 are out now! A detailed schedule will follow. Stay safe - link
3. Huis vol creatief talent. Dubbelexpo ‘Impressed by Plantin’ & ‘Papieren Stad’.
Zaterdag 13 maart 2021 tot zondag 11 april 2021 van 10:00 tot 17:00 - link
4. Can you identify fonts?
The National Museum of American History would be grateful for your help. Many thousands of fonts/batches of type and matrices in the collections need your expertise to identify them.
Can you spare a few hours or a few days?
Go to the Smithsonian Collections search page at: https://www.si.edu/Collections and plug in the word “matrices,” “type, font of” and “type, batch of,” and “wood type.” Some of the fonts don’t have identifiers or have a filler name like “Sans serif, Black letter, Roman letter.”
If you find any that you can identify or have suggestions about, for possible font names, please email your results to: boudreauj@si.edu (Joan Boudreau, Curator, Graphic Arts Collections, National Museum of American History).
Quick links
1. Tipoteca Talks #02 – David Pearson. 18.03.2021 - link
2. An online talk by Paul W. Nash for the Oxford Bibliographical Society. 04.03.2021 - link
3. An Unscripted Look at a Script Type. A conversation with Matthew Carter about the origins of Snell Roundhand. 02.03.2021 - link
4. David Wolske - Letterpress in Creative Cloud 20/27.03.2021 - link