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David ShieldsHappy Birthday William Hamilton Page—born in Tilton, New Hampshire, March 14, 1829. Page lived nearly 40 years of his adult life in Norwich, Conn as a wood type manufacturer. Images shown here from 1878 specimen catalog, slightly repurposed from specimen catalog from 1867. Engraving likely created by Charles Tubbs. More text & images about Page’s life and work at www.woodtyperesearch.com/william-hamilton-page/ ————————————— Image of the engraved title page from _Specimens of Wood Type, Manufactured by Wm. H. Page Wood Type Co., Norwich, Conn._ (1878); held in the ATF Library Collection at Rare Books & Manuscripts Library, Columbia University. Image of the engraved title page from _Specimens of Wood Type, Borders, Rules, &c., Manufactured by Wm. H. Page & Co., Greenville, Conn._ (1867); held in the Kemble Collection, California Historical Society (currently being transferred to Stanford Special Collections) —————————————— <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/WoodType?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WoodType</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeSpecimen?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TypeSpecimen</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/TypeDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TypeDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/letterforms?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#letterforms</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/letterpress?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#letterpress</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/type?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#type</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/design?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/GraphicDesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/NineteenthCentury?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NineteenthCentury</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/OnThisDay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OnThisDay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/birthday?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#birthday</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/bibliography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bibliography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/archives?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#archives</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/libraries?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libraries</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/collections?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#collections</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/excelsior?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#excelsior</a>

Murray GM - Paperpostscame across this vision of the future by Dwiggins: The Five Hundred Years: A Time Problem (1941)looking forward to a "century of awakening", but hope the "machine horde" doesn't get us first.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/paperposts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#paperposts</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/timelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#timelines</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#scifi</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/letterforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#letterforms</a>

Annemarie Bridy“This is a huge effort that makes no economic sense. It makes no business sense,” Ive says. “The only sense, the only way you can resolve why we’re doing this, is because we think it’s important and we care. And do we care for us? No, we actually believe that it’s a service to culture.” <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#design</a> <a href="https://mastodon.lawprofs.org/tags/letterforms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#letterforms</a> After Apple, Jony Ive’s LoveFrom is doubling down on craft in typeface <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90888571/jony-ive-spent-the-last-4-years-perfecting-his-typeface-heres-why-hell-never-be-done" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/90888571/jony-ive-spent-the-last-4-years-perfecting-his-typeface-heres-why-hell-never-be-done</a>

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