What you will learn at CalRBS History of Type in August 2022—no. 14

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 Lanston Monotype Co. and Monotype Corporation
2. the difference between American Linotype, English Linotype and German Linotype
3. the difference between Gerrit Noordzij, Peter Matthias Noordzij, and Christopher Noordzij
4. the difference between Johann Friedrich Unger and Gerard Unger
5. the difference between Hermann Zapf and Gudrun Zapf von Hesse
6. the difference between Meta Plus and Metafont
7. the difference between the Romain du roi and the Grecs du roi
8. the difference between Scotch Roman and Scotch Modern
9. the difference between Folio, Quarto, and Octavo
10. the difference between Didot, Didone, and Didi