the Type Archive trustees and workers

the Type Archive trustees and workers
THE TYPE ARCHIVE
The Type Archive holds the
National Typefounding Collection
, purchased with grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund; broadly comprising;
1.
the typefounding materials of the Sheffield typefounders,
Stephenson Blake
, a collection dating from 16th century London typefounders to their 20th century counterparts;
2.
the hot-metal archive and plant of the
Monotype Corporation
, operating from Salfords in Surrey from 1897, and in London's Lambeth from 1992 to date; and
3.
the Woodletter pattern collection and plant of
Robert DeLittle
in York from 1888, and in Lambeth from 1996.
The Type Archive holds the
National Typefounding Collection
, purchased with grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund; broadly comprising 1. the typefounding materials of the Sheffield typefounders,
Stephenson Blake
; 2. the hot-metal archive and plant of the
Monotype Corporation
; and 3. the Woodletter pattern collection and plant of
Robert DeLittle
.
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NICOLAS BARKER
Chair of Type Archive; eminent writer and scholar on printing and related fields; former head of Conservation the British Library; former chair London Library; editor of the Book Collector
SUE SHAW
Founder of Type Archive; formerly Chatto & Windus and Hogarth Press; book designer Faber & Faber; managing editor Penguin Books; fine art typesetter and printer: Roxborough Books and Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts catalogue; proprietor Merrion Press
Susan Shaw
, publisher, born 12 August 1932, died 13 June 2020
Artistic director
prof. phil cleaver
Previous founding trustee at Type Archive; proprietor etal design consultants; professor in the creative industries at Middlesex University School of Art and Design
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