Category: ATypI 2010 Dublin
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Victor Hammer and punchcutting
Above, smoke proofs from Victor Hammer’s punchcutting practice, reproduced from Victor Hammer: Artist and Printer (Lexington: The Anvil Press, 1981), p. 119. Was ever a type designer so devoted to uncials as Victor Hammer? Most of his typefaces were in that genre. As a printer, Hammer composed mostly with uncials, too. Uncials also appeared in his…
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Victor Hammer and Gebr. Klingspor
Above, I have reproduced a seven-line specimen of Gebr. Klingspor’s Hammerschrift from Rodenberg 1926. Victor Hammer, who designed the typeface, is most well-known among type designers and typographers for his uncial typefaces today. However, he worked with many letter styles in his lifetime, including monumental Roman capitals and Greek. Hammer probably devoted so much of…
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ATypI 2010, Dublin (Part Three)
This is part three of a four-part recap of the 2010 ATypI conference in Dublin. Follow these links for part one, and part two. Writing my third instalment feels different from the first two; it has been almost a month since the event took place, and I have had a long vacation in the interlude.…
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ATypI 2010, Dublin (Part Two)
This is the second part in an article series of indeterminate length about the 2010 ATypI conference. Interested in reading part one? Today’s post includes a few thoughts about the PreFace and the opening night of the main conference. TypeTech vs. PreFace Many recent ATypI conferences have been preceded by a two-day series of technical…
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ATypI Dublin 2010 (Part One)
Almost a week has past since this year’s ATypI Dublin 2010 conference ended. The Association Typographique Internationale, founded in 1957, travels annually to meet in a different city. Right off the bat, I’ll state that – out of the six that I have attended – the 2010 event in Dublin was the best. Over the…
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