What you will learn at CalRBS History of Type in August 2022 no. 1

I will be teaching the history of type at California Rare Book School (CalRBS) August 8–12, 2022. The 5-day intensive class will be based at the Letterform Archive in San Francisco. Along with lectures, discussions, and hands-on examination of typographic artifacts and materials at the Archive there will be field trips to other Bay Area institutions to look at books, broadsides, and more. The class will be small (7 to 12 people).

Here are 10 things you will learn in the class:
1. the difference between Garamont and Garamond
2. the difference between Jenson, Janson, and Jannon
3. the difference between grotesque, grotesk, and gothic
4. the difference between Granjon and Grandjean
5. the difference between William Caslon and William Caslon IV
6. the difference between Times New Roman and Times Roman
7. the difference between Metro and Metro no. 2
8. the difference between ATF Garamond, Monotype Garamond, ITC Garamond, Garamond no. 3, Stempel Garamond, and Adobe Garamond
9. the difference between Caslon 471, Caslon 540, Caslon 337, ITC Founders CAslon, Adobe Caslon, and Big Caslon
10. the difference between a wood cut, a wood engraving, and wood type