Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Typography

Three fonts walk into a bar. 
Bartender yells, "Get out! We don't want your type in here." 


Two fonts meet in Rome.
One asks: "Hey, are you a Roman, too?" Reply: "No, but I'm Italic."

How do new fonts arrive at the newspaper?
By Courier.

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

printers' lingo: by steven heller

These cards with "Exotic and Unusual Printing Terms" were printed two or more decades ago at Bowne & Co., Stationers (which reopened last year) at the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City.  Bowne & Co. is New York's oldest existing business, founded in 1775 by merchant and philanthropist, Robert Bowne. today it introduces visitors to the craft of 19th century "letterprinting."