Type comes alive this summer as Buffalo plays host to TypeCon2008: Punkt. From the irreverent to the serious, the eclectic to the traditional, and the modern to the historical, SOTA’s tenth conference is a letterfest of talks, workshops, tours, exhibitions, and special events created for type lovers at every level. (Continued)
As of May 1st, Swipe Books has moved into a beautiful new space at 401 Richmond. The hours and phone numbers are still the same and the ever expanding content is just as rich as ever.
The Type Club is very pleased to be holding two Events inside the bookstore this fall. We hope to see you there and that you take the time to visit the space before our fall program is formally announced.
Our next talk is Tuesday April 29th at 7:00 p.m. at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St.
Thursday March 27th, we are pleased to present Andrew and Matt McCracken of Doublenaut. Doublenaut is a Toronto Design House with a foundation in Music Graphics. Working with Bands and Promoters, the McCracken brothers have carved a comfortable niche doing an incredible array of show posters, cd packaging and websites. (Continued)
Jim Rimmer of New Westminster, B.C. is one of the greatest typographic treasures that Canada has to offer. For nearly 60 years he has been working in the field of Graphic Design in newspaper, advertising, and layout, as a pressman, compositor, typesetter, designer, lithographer, illustrator, bookbinder and teacher. However, it is his impressive contribution to type design that I’m writing about today.
The Pie Tree Press, his imprint these many years, is named after the tree in his yard that the neighbour’s kids would come and pick apples from for their pies. The Press occupies part of his basement, a hand built addition to the back of his house and a small bindery/studio opposite the entrance to the press room. At the entrance is an alphabet of Jim’s Duensing Titling face carved by him into a printer’s stone. Inside are his presses, casters, cases of type, a machine shop for building and repairing equipment (which he does himself), and a collection of typographic objects. His main printing press is a 14 x 22 Colts Armory Platen that he literally rebuilt by hand with many homemade parts.
1) The Entrance to the Pie Tree Press; 2) Duensing Titling, carved by Jim (Continued)
Michael Clark is a renowned Calligrapher and winner of 2 TDC Awards. He is a teacher, lecturer and frequent panelist for anything Calligraphic. He is also a Tamer of Wild Words.
He will be speaking at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday March 11th at the Arts & Letters Club.
