What you will learn at CalRBS History of Type in August 2022—no. 34

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 and the Monotype Corporation
2. the difference between Linotype and Intertype
3. the difference between Bell, Bell Gothic and Bell Centennial
4. the difference between Neue Haas Grotesk, Helvetica, and Neue Helvetica
5. the difference between Clarendon and Clarion
6. the difference between Bauer Bodoni and ITC Bodoni
7. the difference between ITC Galliard and CC Galliard
8. the difference between Adobe Garamond and Adobe Garamond Premier Pro
9. the difference between Caledonia and New Caledonia
10. the difference between Scotch Roman and Scotch Modern