Time, Technology, and the Shapes of Letters

Type designer and private press printer Russell Maret discusses his recent attempts to apply digital drafting technology to Industrial-era manufacturing processes to create new, historically inspired typefaces for letterpress printing. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by the Grolier Club Committee on Modern Fine Printing, Columbia University Libraries, the Typophiles, and the New York chapter of the American Printing History Association.











When: Thu., Sep. 27, 2012 at 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Where: Grolier Club
47 E. 60th St.
212-838-6690
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Type designer and private press printer Russell Maret discusses his recent attempts to apply digital drafting technology to Industrial-era manufacturing processes to create new, historically inspired typefaces for letterpress printing. Reception follows. Co-sponsored by the Grolier Club Committee on Modern Fine Printing, Columbia University Libraries, the Typophiles, and the New York chapter of the American Printing History Association.

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