Richard Ardagh will talk about his recently published book, Type Archived, which documents the story and collections of London’s legendary Type Archive. Showcasing highlights from some 8 million items, these materials form a tangible history of typography and printing in the UK, from the ancient materials of Sheffield foundry Stephenson Blake and the innovative woodletter factory of Robert DeLittle in York, to the precision hot-metal machinery and global operations of The Monotype Corporation. Ardagh studied punchcutting and matrix-making with the senior staff on site until the Archive’s closure in 2023 and will also share his experiences of ‘engineering the word’.
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