How to build a Greek typeface, by Eric Gill
What better way to celebrate being back in the UK than another post about the Monotype archive in Salfords? A few months ago, Monotype designer Toshi Omagari was kind enough … Continue reading
September 16, 2014 · 2 Comments
Adventures in the Monotype Archive: The Sad Story of Sachsenwald
The archive buried in a small office complex in Salfords, Surrey is the last onsite stronghold of what was once Monotype’s enormous factory complex. The Salfords railway station was built … Continue reading
April 17, 2014 · 14 Comments
How the Bixlers Make Metal Type
Imagine a shop where all the type is fresh and new, where everything you set prints perfectly, where California job cases are overflowing with all of your favorite typefaces in … Continue reading
July 27, 2012 · 2 Comments
Big Jump Press 