What you will learn at CalRBS History of Type in August 2022—no. 17

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. why Mistral is an important typeface
2. why Sabon is an important typeface
3. why Penumbra is an important typeface
4. why Optima is an important typeface
5. why Univers is an important typeface
6. why Snell Roundhand is an important typeface
7. why Clarendon is an important typeface
8. why Marconi is an important typeface
9. why Century Schoolbook is an important typeface
10. why Burgues Script is an important typeface