Monthly Archives: September 2009

‘What Face Wednesday’ No.18

Welcome to the eighteenth ‘What Face Wednesday’ metal typeface identification competition! This week’s prize is a choice of any two hand-printed letterpress greeting cards (including free International p&p) from the selection on my  Typoretum website.
All correct answers will be placed in a hat and one winner will be randomly drawn. To enter the prize draw, [...]

Greengaged 2009 ‘Crafting Mass Production’ letterpress workshop

On 24th September, six designers participated in a letterpress workshop for Greengaged 2009, contributing to the discussion of ‘Crafting Mass Production’. The workshop was delivered by  Workshop – a London based design co-operative specialising in letterpress and print and founded by James Allen, Alexander Cooper, Rose Gridneff and Elliot Hammer.
Photographs of day four of Greengaged [...]

The Movie Title Stills Collection

Thanks to @simongoode on Twitter, I discovered The Movie Title Stills Collection and I feel sure that this archive will be of great interest to any student of typography. Assembled and curated by the Dutch designer Christian Annyas, the collection features an astonishing collection of movie titles from 1920 to the present day.

By way of [...]

‘What Face Wednesday’ No.17

Welcome to the seventeenth ‘What Face Wednesday’ metal typeface identification competition! This week’s prize is a choice of any two hand-printed letterpress greeting cards (including free International p&p) from the selection on my  Typoretum website.
All correct answers will be placed in a hat and one winner will be randomly drawn. To enter the prize draw, [...]

Letterpress Exchange Group bundle – August 2009

The 51st bundle of the  Letterpress Exchange Group (LEG) arrived recently and, as always, the package contained a wonderfully eclectic collection of beautifully executed letterpress work. With great difficulty, I have selected my favourite pieces from the August bundle and have posted them here, for your enjoyment.
Mike Edwards contributed a booklet that features a collection [...]