Great discussion this morning on BBC Radio 4 Today on the future of #handwriting. This example by #EdwardJohnston from UoRTypographyColls #Calligraphy #writing #lettering

Don't miss the second in a series of online panel discussions on experimental publishing co-hosted by cbcp_UniRdg - this Thursday 27 Jan 17:00–19:00 GMT. Registration is free & open to all: eventbrite.co.uk/e/experimental…

New date for CBCP postgrad symposium - now 1 July. All the details here... abstracts by 16 June. SWWDTP English Literature and Creative Writing @UoR Department of Languages and Cultures at Reading UniRdg Typography research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-boo…

📢the 1st CBCP summer school UniRdg Typography and The Museum of English Rural Life on 20-21 June 'Cultures of the book: lithography, consumption, reading’, feat. Michael Twyman, Paul Luna, k, Borna Izadpanah, catalina zlotea, @matthewjchamber, Dr Liz West see research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-boo…

Is your #heart surrounded by a frozen sea without passion this #ValentinesDay? G.M. Seutter's allegorical #map of the siege of the castle of #love, 1735. From the Otto & Marie #Neurath #Isotype Collection UoRTypographyColls #lovemaps

A great account collating old Hong Kong ephemera. instagram.com/93collectible

The famous Le Bé type specimens are now available online. Guillaume Le Bé II sent his father’s Hebrew and Arabic type specimens to the Officina Plantiniana around 1598.

Join Prof. Eric Kindel UniRdg Typography on 9 March to survey scenes and themes of stencil work spanning six centuries.🎨✒️✏️cbcp_UniRdg Free for all. Find out more: research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-boo…

Are you a postgrad/ post doc doing book history research? Join us for the 2nd CBCP Post grad conference: CFP and details here (remote options available!) 👇👇 research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-boo…

News about our Type Design Collection collections.reading.ac.uk/letter-printin…

From the invention of movable type in the eleventh century to the design of digital typefaces today, discover the story of Chinese type in an exhibition by UniRdg Typography. 📅17 April - 21 July. Find out more at research.reading.ac.uk/research-blog/…

A ticket for the #Coronation of George IV in 1821. An early example of William Congreve's anti-counterfeit compound-plate #printing method. Maurice Rickards Collection of #Ephemera UoRTypographyColls

Thrilled to share that Borna Izadpanah will be speaking at Face/Interface Stanford University during our Dec 1-2 2023 conference. DEADLINE APPROACHING: Call For Proposals here: nonlatin.org Keep reading for more about Borna Izadpanah /1

We are excited to be collaborating with typodiversity to present a series of talks & workshops on typography & type design. The first event will take place at the Dept of Typography & Graphic Communication at Reading University, UK on 15 & 16 Sept 2023. research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-boo…

My latest article, just published in Book History: “Simplifying Urdu: Nasta‘liq Types for Mechanical Composition and the Forces of Colonization, Monopolization, and Ownership” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/… #UrduTypography #Nastaliq #PrintCulture #BookHistory

University of Reading's Art Collections and Lettering, Print & Graphic Design Collections have achieved Full Accreditation by Arts Council England (Arts Council England), in recognition of their expert management and preservation for future generations. More: rdg.ac/4nwJPZS