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Type Archived: Treasures of the UK’s National Typefounding Collection

August 10 at 6:30pm

East Village

Step into eight million pieces of printing history. Richard Ardagh shares stories from London's Type Archive, where he learned to cut punches and make matrices until the collection closed in 2023. Expect tales of Monotype machinery, Yorkshire woodletters, and "engineering the word."

design history deep-dive
letterpress & hot metal
rare archive access
typographer speaker

Tips

🎟️registration required — book ahead
🔤speaker literally engineered fonts at the Archive
📚based on his new book Type Archived

Monday, August 10, 6:30 PM

Frederick P. Rose Auditorium

41 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10008, USA

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