What you will learn at CalRBS History of Type in August 2022—no. 46

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 Poetica is a brilliant typeface
2. why Neuland is a brilliant typeface
3. why Optima is a brilliant typeface
4. why Cooper Black is a brilliant typeface
5. why Trump Medieval is a brilliant typeface
6. why Minion is a brilliant typeface
7. why Univers is a brilliant typeface
8. why Electra is a brilliant typeface
9. why Wilhelm Klingsporschrift is a brilliant typeface
10. why Mistral is a brilliant typeface