David Shields
@19cwt-obscura.bsky.social
Designer & typographer & archivist & professor & (accidentally?) historian. I’m author & designer of the monograph The Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection: A History and Catalog published by UT Press.
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@19cwt.bsky.social
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@19cwt.bsky.social
“Billy Morgans—the boss typo of the County…” http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans
#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #history #NineteethCentury #19thCentury
#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #history #NineteethCentury #19thCentury
July 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Billy Morgans—the boss typo of the County…” http://www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-morgans
#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #history #NineteethCentury #19thCentury
#WoodType #letterforms #typography #archives #libraries #collections #bibliography #TypeSpecimen #TypeDesign #TypeHistory #letterpress #type #design #history #NineteethCentury #19thCentury
Image is of Tuscan Open as shown in the 1853 _Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood Type, Manufactured by Bill, Stark & Company, Willimantic, Connecticut._ (held in the ATF Library Collection at Columbia University, Rare Books & Manuscripts.)
March 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Image is of Tuscan Open as shown in the 1853 _Specimens of Machinery Cut Wood Type, Manufactured by Bill, Stark & Company, Willimantic, Connecticut._ (held in the ATF Library Collection at Columbia University, Rare Books & Manuscripts.)
The Werner Collection is fantastic if you ever get a chance to visit in person. Also if you haven’t already bumped into it, here is a link to a list of known digitized type specimens (lots of excellent wood type catalogs!) https://typographica.org/on-typography/now-open-the-typographica-library/
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March 15, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The Werner Collection is fantastic if you ever get a chance to visit in person. Also if you haven’t already bumped into it, here is a link to a list of known digitized type specimens (lots of excellent wood type catalogs!) https://typographica.org/on-typography/now-open-the-typographica-library/
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