Dr. Jill E Gage
@jillegage.bsky.social
Wing Curator, History of Printing @NewberryLibrary. Dix-huitièmiste. Love Madeira, hot air balloons, civilité type & maîtres écrivains.
Does anyone know the origin of Isaiah Thomas’s Long Primer no. IV? I don’t find it in any Caslon specimens that I have to hand.
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Does anyone know the origin of Isaiah Thomas’s Long Primer no. IV? I don’t find it in any Caslon specimens that I have to hand.
My Trader Joe’s shopping list for later today;-)
From the hugely enjoyable Typographic Advertiser (London, 1863), a type specimen masquerading as a magazine. #NewberryLibrary
From the hugely enjoyable Typographic Advertiser (London, 1863), a type specimen masquerading as a magazine. #NewberryLibrary
December 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
My Trader Joe’s shopping list for later today;-)
From the hugely enjoyable Typographic Advertiser (London, 1863), a type specimen masquerading as a magazine. #NewberryLibrary
From the hugely enjoyable Typographic Advertiser (London, 1863), a type specimen masquerading as a magazine. #NewberryLibrary
If the State Dept doesn’t want to use Calibri or Times New Roman, they could always opt for Satanick, an 1890s knockoff of William Morris’s Troy by ATF
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If the State Dept doesn’t want to use Calibri or Times New Roman, they could always opt for Satanick, an 1890s knockoff of William Morris’s Troy by ATF
This feels very @starshapedpress.bsky.social !
Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This feels very @starshapedpress.bsky.social !
Just going to leave this here. What think ye of the Congress Now? (James Rivington, 1775)
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just going to leave this here. What think ye of the Congress Now? (James Rivington, 1775)
Jamie has a lot of questions about Thomas McKean. Yes, I know that the Declaration is crooked.
November 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Jamie has a lot of questions about Thomas McKean. Yes, I know that the Declaration is crooked.
Happy Halloween! Woodcut by Bob Borja. #NewberryLibrary
October 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Happy Halloween! Woodcut by Bob Borja. #NewberryLibrary
Serious question: What happened to all those giant copies of the Constitution that I saw being carried in the protests on Saturday? Where do they live? Asking for a friend who collects Constitutions.
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Serious question: What happened to all those giant copies of the Constitution that I saw being carried in the protests on Saturday? Where do they live? Asking for a friend who collects Constitutions.
There is only one king in my life.
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
There is only one king in my life.
Our new exhibition is now open!
Mapping Outside the Lines is open! Explore how maps work with classics like portolan charts and Antonio García Cubas and contemporary artists like Tonika Johnson, Ed Fairburn, and Ibrahim Miranda Ramos. Marvel at a fold-out river and listen to our rendition of a John Cage score.
October 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Our new exhibition is now open!
I have never taken a photo that better captures the personality of this cat.
October 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I have never taken a photo that better captures the personality of this cat.
Every year for my birthday my boyfriend gives me a copy of Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas. This year’s gift is a French-English facing page translation (Paris, 1840) that ended up in gold rush era San Francisco!
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Every year for my birthday my boyfriend gives me a copy of Samuel Johnson’s Rasselas. This year’s gift is a French-English facing page translation (Paris, 1840) that ended up in gold rush era San Francisco!
I don’t have the heart to tell this cat that I am going away this weekend and taking my shoes with me.
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 AM
I don’t have the heart to tell this cat that I am going away this weekend and taking my shoes with me.
I love every single thing about this typeface: the stress on the “o”; the uncial “h”; the weird serifs on the “u”. Found in Cicero. Orationes (Venice, Adam de Ambergau, 1472). #NewberryLibrary
August 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I love every single thing about this typeface: the stress on the “o”; the uncial “h”; the weird serifs on the “u”. Found in Cicero. Orationes (Venice, Adam de Ambergau, 1472). #NewberryLibrary
Lady cat with peach.
August 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Lady cat with peach.
Ok, this is a weird mashup of the Declaration and the Constitution. On Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s back. On the cover of Rolling Stone. That someone in my house bought.
July 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Ok, this is a weird mashup of the Declaration and the Constitution. On Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s back. On the cover of Rolling Stone. That someone in my house bought.
My friend Bob Williams died at the end of June and I haven’t been able to bring myself to post about him. He used to make people beautiful little cards for birthdays. Here are two that he made for me….
July 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My friend Bob Williams died at the end of June and I haven’t been able to bring myself to post about him. He used to make people beautiful little cards for birthdays. Here are two that he made for me….
So the first image of continental unity in 1774 is an emblem of 12 hands touching…a phallus???? So many John Hancock jokes here.
July 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
So the first image of continental unity in 1774 is an emblem of 12 hands touching…a phallus???? So many John Hancock jokes here.
Rare occasion when my interests in lowercase “g” and Chablis intersect. What’s going on with that …ascending ear?
July 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rare occasion when my interests in lowercase “g” and Chablis intersect. What’s going on with that …ascending ear?
Very fun and very non-Jenson lowercase “g”. Cicero, De oficiis (Venice, c1472). Printer of Ausonius. Bonus = Jenson-style lowercase “h” with straight arm instead of uncial in the margin to the left. Also, slightly left-leaning lowercase “s”? #NewberryLibrary
July 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Very fun and very non-Jenson lowercase “g”. Cicero, De oficiis (Venice, c1472). Printer of Ausonius. Bonus = Jenson-style lowercase “h” with straight arm instead of uncial in the margin to the left. Also, slightly left-leaning lowercase “s”? #NewberryLibrary
Every day my boyfriend takes a photo of my cats waiting for me. Here’s today’s photo.
July 15, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every day my boyfriend takes a photo of my cats waiting for me. Here’s today’s photo.
I took this photo for the typeface (Flame?) and only later realized that it is advertising something called an Ice Burger. J’en ai peur.
May 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I took this photo for the typeface (Flame?) and only later realized that it is advertising something called an Ice Burger. J’en ai peur.
He’s ready for his Monster Munch.
May 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
He’s ready for his Monster Munch.
Messages from my cat sitter:
”someone had diarrhea in the kitchen. Have a great weekend!”
”someone had diarrhea in the kitchen. Have a great weekend!”
May 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Messages from my cat sitter:
”someone had diarrhea in the kitchen. Have a great weekend!”
”someone had diarrhea in the kitchen. Have a great weekend!”
Who wouldn’t want to do this??!!!
🎉 Volunteering is a fantastic way to learn more about how #typeparisnow25 works. We’re on the lookout for enthusiastic and hardworking students and professionals to lend a hand during the conference.
🎉 Volunteers get free ticket to the Now25 conference+goodies in exchange!
🎉 Volunteers get free ticket to the Now25 conference+goodies in exchange!
May 10, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Who wouldn’t want to do this??!!!