Stanley Nelson

Faculty Profile

Stanley Nelson was a specialist for many years in the Graphic Arts Division of the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, until his retirement in 2003, and he has given many demonstrations and lectured widely on various aspects of typographic history. He is both author and presenter in the 1985 Book Arts Press videotape, From Punch to Printing Type: The Art and Craft of Hand Punchcutting and Typecasting.