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uwmspeccoll · 9 months

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Typography Tuesday

Richard J. Hoffman (1912-1989) was a long-standing letterpress printer and collector of type in the Los Angeles area from 1925 until his death in 1989. One of his final projects was this publication, When a Printer Plays, printed in 1987 at his shop in Van Nuys, California in an edition of 200 copies. The book is an historical presentation of fleurons and printers' ornaments with over 200 designs of his own invention made from individual pieces of foundry and monotype units that he collected over more than 50 years. California rare book dealer John Howell called When a Printer Plays Hoffman's magnum opus, noting that "Hoffman lavished the utmost care upon every detail of typesetting, arrangement, margins, proportions, multi-colored patterns, and illustrations."

Hoffman begins with Garamond and Granjon ornaments first designed in the 16th century and moves toward more contemporary ornaments by designers such as Bruce Rogers, Will Bradley, Thomas Maitland Cleland, David Bethel (Glint Ornaments), and Rudolph Ruzicka (Fairfield Ornaments). All the letterpress printers we know delight in creating borders and designs from typographic ornaments, and Hoffman quotes Bruce Rogers:

When my own time comes to be marooned on a desert island . . . instead of taking along the favorite volumes that most amateur castaways vote for, I think I shall arrange to be shipwrecked in company with a Monotype caster and a select assortment of ornamental matrices. The fascination and amusement . . . that can be got out of the almost numberless combinations of a few simple units would enable me to cast away for an indefinite period with great contentment.

Linotype Electra was used for the text in this book, with Deepdene for display. Our copy of When a Printer Plays is yet another donation from the estate of Dennis Bayuzick.

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hdslibrary · 3 months

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A Type of Angel

One day we'll put together a collage of all the nonchalant angels, cherubs, and floating baby heads we've found in our collections. But for now, enjoy these little fellows from an 18th century Swedish work on the life of Jesus.

Baelter, Sven. Wȧrs Herras och Frälsares Jesu Christi historia, ifrȧn Hans födelse, til Hans himmelsfärd. 2. Upl. Stockholm, Tryckt hos Peter Hesselberg, 1770.

#type ornament #angels #bookhistory #rare books #18th century #swedish

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peachdues · 5 months

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is it really Thanksgiving weekend if you don’t burst into tears because no one knows how to decorate the Christmas tree properly so you have to do it all yourself

#really channeling my mother here #but seriously how hard is it #YOU DONT CLUSTER ORNAMENTS OF THE SAME TYPE TOGETHER IN ONE SPOT

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black-salt-cage · 6 months

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ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ♡‧₊˚

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theramblingvoid · 11 months

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During the winter I think "yeah, I'd move to the Neath, I don't like sunlight anyway I don't really see what the big deal is" and then May hits and I suddenly understand why all our characterguys are half mad and chugging laudanum by the bottle. like yeah I guess if I went year round without this I too would be running through the streets shouting about the sun

#fallen london #i am a Nighttime Type Of Guy bright light gives me headaches and i hate to feel sticky and hot all the time #but #that big sky laser? feels great on the skin #i am recharging like a lawn ornament #good thing my character is close with a Silverer and can just go sunbathe in Parabola or else I'd be sad for them #pro tip befriend a Silverer become immune to seasonal depression

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stewyonmolly · 5 months

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made salt dough crafts for the first time today!! v fun little gingerbread men and such

#i baked orange ginger biscotti and 3 types of chocolate chip cookie and gingerbread men and salt dough decorations #working on stringing the salt dough ornaments w twine nowwww so excited to have them up #all of this was possible w the help of my sponsor pineapple express cart

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emmaklee · 6 months

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https://www.peculiarmanicule.com/manicule-museum

#manicule #type ornament

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chipped-chimera · 2 months

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Goldfish post got me looking up Betta genetics more seriously this time and ughhhhh it's HAPPENING AGAIN I WILL BITE A GOD

If I ever get into breeding it's 120% going to have a health focus FIRST because at the current rate we're breeding them into the floor, we won't have anything livable left.

#kerytalk #fish nonsense #what's that? me getting angry at the genetic mismanagement of another domesticated species?#it's more common than you think #like very very on brand for me #followed by my very cranky plans of 'if no one is going to do it I'll do it MYSELF'#problem is getting any Betta here is probably going to be relying on thai bulk imports and I have no way of knowing lineage with these fish #either way I'd be waiting idk 2 years to see how they age/if they develop shit before even touching breeding #(breeding is also completely hypothetical at this point anyway)#also NO the solution to fixing them is 'don't breed them' either #what start from scratch with a wild type? sure but that means taking that out of it's native environment most likely - also bad if not wors #I want to breed a pet FISH not an ORNAMENT #man's obsession with controlling nature to the point it's an object makes me want to commit violence #this has been a tag rant #ventpost

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qwortywarrior · 1 year

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“Burn.”

#digital art #genshin impact #genshin diluc #part 2 of ?? in my genshin in armour series #for diluc i wanted to balance a bunch of ideas #1. he doesn’t seem like the type to custom order a suit of armour for his personal use #he’s from a wealthy family so there might be suits of armour from knights and nobles in previous generations of the family #but he wouldn’t have anything really personal.#2. he is the darknight hero #i imagine he could wear this armour when he’s batman-ing it up #in that case it needs to both hide his identity and be recognizable in its own right #i think this is different enough from diluc’s regular wear that with some superhero logic would hide his identity #and the red faceplate on a black helmet is recognizable enough to generate an urban legend i think #(i was this close to putting batman ears on the helmet)#oh yeah 3. diluc is not extravagant #he’s rich and lives in a mansion and runs a tavern but that’s all mostly inherited #he isn’t trying to get a spotlight in any part of his life least of all when he’s vigilante-ing #so the armour has no embellishments or ornamentation

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autumnoficarus · 4 months

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currently: spiraling abt how its almost the holidays and i have less than half of the things i need to do done before xmas day since im hosting the fam and i !! am procrastinating by using all my free time to binge bg3 again and take 4839484823 captures on every dialogue/cut scene in my playthru...............................i want to take a crowbar to past current and future me's kneecaps right now ngl

#txt: icarus vents #delete later #my favorite type of art is escapism #gonna turn in my day job and major to become the next houdini im so good at it #why am i taking a million gameplay captures???? idk ive somehow convinced myself ill get around to editing and makin my lil dnd ocs #some good ol aesthetic pics #bc i am in fact delulu #i just decorated the xmas tree thats been BARREN t o d a y smh and she be SCARCE too bc i cant find all my ornaments from storage UGHGHGkfj #im sry girly i wish i could make u into an icon

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uwmspeccoll · 8 months

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Typography Tuesday

This week we present another type specimen book from the estate of our late friend Dennis Bayuzick: Fine Ornament & Decorative Material Available to "Monotype" Users published in London by the Lanston Monotype Corporation in 1924. It includes 48 specimens intended for printers who could order their types by the indicated matrix number.

From 1923 to 1967, the British typographer and printing historian Stanley Morrison (he was a principal designer for Times New Roman) was a prominent advisor to the Lanston Monotype Corporation. He wrote the introduction to this display book where he outlines the history of the type ornament and states:

In clever hands it is possible to design with one or two units almost an infinite number of combinations. . . . It is here that the printer's flower rises to the height of it potentiality, and . . singularly beautiful results will reward the ingenious compositor. The sympathy in line and colour subsisting between the ornament and the type confers upon the composition the note of unity and consistency, always the underlying necessity of fine typography. This desideratum is joined in the present series to a supremely practical convenience: the ornaments are cast on the "Monotype" Composing Machine.

Laid into this copy is a type specimen sheet of Monotype ornaments (first image) from Hill & Dale Private Press and Typefoundry in Terra Alta, West Virginia

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dumbshitforfree · 5 months

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sometimes I can't help but drift into an existential tailspin and question what sort of loving god would make his most cherished creation suffer and labor under the heavy weight of meaninglessness but then I remember nihilism is cliche and cringe and then I go get a smoothie.

#going into world market always gives me a special type of suburban ennui #I walk into the doors and feel like ive been swallowed by some great beast that has also swallowed overpriced beers and bad german candy #and then i walk around in a haze until i find myself sitting in my car after an hour has passed and i have no memory of it #its like the backrooms but instead of some eldritch horror stalking you its beth from accounting buying an ornament #i dont know which is worse

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hdslibrary · 11 months

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Farewell Finis!

Congratulations to all the Harvard Divinity School students who are graduating today! You made it!

While it is true that today marks a finis (end), may it also mark a hopeful incipit (beginning).

This detail is found at the end of an 18th century English work for students of theology.

Mason, John. The student and pastor, or, Directions how to attain to eminence and usefulness in those respective characters. London : Printed for J. Buckland and E. and C. Dilly, [17--?]

#type ornaments #bookhistory #18th century #rare books #harvard divinity school #HDSGrad23 #graduation

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andbloom · 5 months

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Finally getting to put my typeface through its paces for the zine.

#zine #illustration #graphic design #typography #ornamental #decorative #type #layout #jack bloom #spectra foundry

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thwackk · 1 year

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heeeyyy please talk to me, ask me stupid questions maybe or tell me abt YOUR day because i’m stuck in this car for two hours with nothing to do and also i would love to know abt it actually.

#please #i love talking with people so much #who here has really specific pet peeves. like EXTREMELY specific ones i wanna know #i wish my car could turn into a disco room like that one fucking movie whats it called #i watched i love you man yesterday #gayest straight movie i’ve ever seen #ask me abt my halbarry headcanons i dare you..#pls…#say anything at all i dont care i WILL talk to you abt jt thats a threat #oh i drew catwoman today #what else did i do #nothing #i went to school #oh and yesterday we were gonna decorate the tree for christmas and ive had this batmobile ornament for months just waitinh for christmas #so i could put it onbthe tree and i was so excited but i opened the box and THERE WAS NO FUCIKING STRING!! TO HANG IT WITH!!#i was so dissapointed until mom was like ‘we have strings u can just tie one on there’ and then i felt stupid for being so sad abt it #obvious solutions escape me in times of great distress #im just typing out things as my mind thinks of them

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ritchieruiz · 1 year

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Initial letter S. Baroque style design for logo. . . . . #lettering #baroque #flourish #ornaments #type #customtype #design #graphicdesign #designer #logo #logodesigner https://www.instagram.com/p/CmcYOZROGrd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#lettering #baroque #flourish #ornaments #type #customtype #design #graphicdesign #designer #logo #logodesigner

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