eliason's blog
The extinct typesetter
Typesetter is among the obsolete "jobs of yesteryear" (along with iceman, lantern lighter, etc.) in this NPR feature:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124251060&sc=fb&cc=fp
iPad and book design
Following up on Typophile discussion about the iPad, there is some interesting commentary on book design and the potential of the iPad here:
http://craigmod.com/journal/ipad_and_books/
Austin-area typophiles invited
I will be giving a talk —
"Classifying Printing Types: Maximilien Vox and the Power of Suggestion" —
at the Design department of the University of Texas
Wednesday Feb 24 at 6:00pm.
A Christian poem that ends a printing history/specimen book printed by James Watson of Edinburgh (1713)
A
Contemplation
upon
the Mystery of MAN's Regeneration,
In Allusion to the Mystery of
PRINTING.
We could use Ben Franklin on the crit forum
Here's a letter Benjamin Franklin sent to Giambattista Bodoni.
Pangram for Dr. King
M. L. King Jr. expressed belief in equality with amazing conviction.
Graffiti layers
5 years of graffiti exploded into three dimensions: http://vimeo.com/6704105
20 Worst Album Covers of 2009
[[http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7738-the-worst-album-covers-of-2009/|according to Pitchfork]]
Typefoundry on Gill's R
Fascinating blog republishing of James Mosley's 1990 article on an Italian source for Eric Gill's characteristic form of R is here.
