T-65. The Culture & Craft of Wood Type
This course will cover the materials and manufacture of wood type, the design of wood type, including the influence of signwriting and stone lettering, and the description of identification of …
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T-10. The History of Typography
Course Length: 30 hours Course Week: 3-8 August 2025 Format: in person, Newberry Library in Chicago, IL Fee: $1,495 This course will provide a general overview of the history of …
T-60. The History of 19th- & 20th-Century Typography & Printing
By the end of the eighteenth century, letterpress printing had been in existence for 350 years, and in that time, it had changed technologically hardly at all. Baskerville, Bodoni, and …
T-70. Printing Design and Publication
In today’s cultural institutions, the texts for announcements, newsletters – even full-dress catalogs – are composed on computers, often by staff members with scant graphic design background. By precept and …
T-55. Type, Lettering & Calligraphy, 1830–2000
An examination of typefaces and related letterforms. Topics include: commercial typography and the evolution of decorative display types: Perrin, Whittingham, and the revival of old style typefaces; the types of …
T-50. Type, Lettering & Calligraphy, 1450–1830
The development of the major formal and informal book hands, the dominant printing types of each period, and their interrelationship. Topics include: the gothic hands; humanistic script; the Renaissance inscriptional …
T-60v. The History of 19th- & 20th-Century Typography & Printing
“I feel much better equipped to analyze and date types. I also learned a lot about the physical labor and tools employed in letterpress printing.” — 2017 student Course Length: …
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