I say “Come for the Hische, stay for the Hugill-Fontanel”
Friday, July 8th, 3:10pm
Artifacts All Around: Typographic Curiosities at the Cary Collection
Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, RIT
Plaster casts of body parts — Miniature presses fit for a doll’s house — Relics in brass and steel: carefully carved, punched, or molded — Animal skin rendered into the finest substrate — Are these unlikely holdings for a library or integral pieces in our typographic heritage? Catch a glimpse of some unique artifacts from the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection and hear the fascinating tales of how these items came to reside in a library which holds some 30,000 volumes dedicated to the history of printing, books arts, graphic design, and typography.
Your first reaction is probably amazement at how many typefaces there are. After further investigation, it dawns on you that there may be more to type and typography than just scrolling through a list of available fonts. The challenge of trying out all those styles beckons. You vow never to use Arial again. . . .
Thanks! Talking at Typecon about the Coggeshall bequest of Goudyiana to the Cary Collection, including the lost types.
I say “Come for the Hische, stay for the Hugill-Fontanel”
Friday, July 8th, 3:10pm
Artifacts All Around: Typographic Curiosities at the Cary Collection
Amelia Hugill-Fontanel, RIT
Plaster casts of body parts — Miniature presses fit for a doll’s house — Relics in brass and steel: carefully carved, punched, or molded — Animal skin rendered into the finest substrate — Are these unlikely holdings for a library or integral pieces in our typographic heritage? Catch a glimpse of some unique artifacts from the RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection and hear the fascinating tales of how these items came to reside in a library which holds some 30,000 volumes dedicated to the history of printing, books arts, graphic design, and typography.
http://www.typecon.com/program
Muchas gracias, Typo Terry! Talk was a hit in the big easy–only thing missing was you.