John Hudson will give the Justin Howes Memorial Lecture at St Brides Library on Thursday 20 May at 7pm. His talk is entitled The commanded letter: writing, engraving and typography in eighteenth-century London. For more details and information about how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Lecture on Jan Tschichold and typography
15 March 2021 by
On Thursday 29 April at 7pm, Paul Stirton will give a talk via zoom on Jan Tschichold and the new typography. For more details and information about how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Online conference on printing
8 March 2021 by
Registration is open for the one day conference on Places, spaces and the printing press: imprinting regional identities organised by the Centre for Printing History & Culture in Birmingham and the National and University Library, Ljubljana, Slovenia. It will take place online on Wednesday 24 March 2021. Details of how to book are available on […]
Online event on printing
2 March 2021 by
History of the Printed Image Network is holding an online webinar on 22 March 2021 from 56.30pm on The art of industrial publishing, looking at industrial publishing and how business has used images for the furtherance of trade. The event is free but you must register: for more details see the Centre for Printing History […]
Printing Charity’s Rising Star awards 2021
27 February 2021 by
The Printing Charity’s Rising Star Awards support people aged 1830 in the printing industry with their personal development. The deadline for this year’s submission is 7 March 2021. You can find out more and apply on the Printing Charity’s website.
Typographic Surprises!
22 February 2021 by
The first event in this series organised by the Printing Historical Society will take place on Friday 26 February at 6 pm and is free of charge. Speakers are Dr Alexandra Franklin discussing 3‑D printing, Patrick Goossens on punch-cutting and type production, and Martin Killeen on early illustrated books. For more details and how to […]
Bookbinding showcase
10 February 2021 by
You can join the National Library of Scotland online for a virtual showcase of the winning entries for the Elizabeth Soutar Bookbinding Competition 2020, which had the 1980s as its theme. You will be able toview the winning designs, and to hear from the bookbinders about their responses to the competition brief and their creative […]
St Brides: online event
27 January 2021 by
On Wednesday 10 February at 7pm, Agyei Archer will give a talk via zoom entitled Do it like you do it , exploring the value of vernacular design in the English-speaking Caribbean. For more details and information about how to book see the St Bride’s website.
Periscope Press acquires Victoria printing machine
13 July 2020 by
SPrAT Trustee, Tim Honnor has recently installed a new machine at the his private press in Inverness. The Victoria printing machine may be the only one of its kind in Scotland in working order it was made in 1932 and is electrically driven. The Periscope Press also has a treadle Arab platen made in 1900, […]
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