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The Daily Heller: Kelly’s Type Book Canon
For those who are typophiles, bibliophiles, typo-bibliophiles or just interested in many of the important books about the typographic canon and overall history of type, the eminent curator, author, historian and printer Jerry Kelly has organized an exhibition and authored a catalog,
Hot Type Books Go Wild) but will go down in history as the preeminent scholarly work. A must-have. Drawing on his extensive knowledge and impeccable research talent, Kelly, aided by a hand-picked committee of 10 consultants (including me), assembled an annotated top 100 that covers Western typographic achievement.
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Grolier Club exhibit (May 22–July 31) was inspired by the Grolier s 1902
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Fonts are born in type foundries, which are companies that specialize in the design and creation of typefaces. Although the majority of type foundries today are digital, they led very different lives before the age of the internet, and have a fascinating history.
The Beginning of Print
Before type foundries were even a glimmer in their founders’ eyes and printing was even a thing, books were quite obviously transcribed and bound by hand, making them extraordinarily valuable and expensive. A single scribe could only produce a few books a year, and there wasn’t a lot of book ownership going on up until the 13th century or so, since literacy rates were lower and the texts that were bound tended to be religious in nature.