Art from the Future

Naum Gabo, Translucent Variation on a Spheric Theme,1937

Typography Tuesday

This week we present some bold letter forms from our 2002 facsimile edition the 1888 Specimens of Machine Cut Wood Type! Manufactured by The Wm. H. Page Type Co. The facsimile was made from a copy owned by noted type specimen book collector David W. Peat (1932-2020), and includes an introduction by print historian and  and proprietor of the Hill and Dale Private Press and Typefoundry, Richard L. Hopkins.

You can read more about the William H. Page Type Co. in our post from last week. Our copy of this facsimile is another donation from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick.

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"Are the companies in the room with us right now, donald?"

Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada.

Alberto Vargas (Peruvian/American, 1896-1982)

Girls who Make Me Homesick #3, Hearst Newspapers Sunday Magazine Section cover, July 16, 1933