Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Finished!!!

Ta da!

It is done.  The goal I set myself of printing samples of every typeface we have has been completed.  In reality, I have printed every typeface that we have that was catalogued...as we went along I discovered typefaces that were still inboxes and some that were in trays and several that were in complete and utter upheaval...so the job is done but there will be a few additions down the track once others are tidied and identified.

T was full of Times - mostly in smallish sizes too which are particularly fiddly.

This one is 10pt, and like Gill of the same size, there were no spacers.  In this case their wasn't even a zero - hence the big O in 10pt.  I also had to tuck upside down letters in to make the block square so it really is an odd bod of a thing.




Enough of Times (and there were several more) and onto the final typeface Univers.  A very simple sans serif we have 12pt and 18pt.  And 18pt was the end of printing.


I was running out of time over the weekend, and Barry offered up his services to come and help me out - he cut card, cleaned type, printed type and put type away which really sped things up for me and we managed to do the last 5 in record time. Altho in my rush I may have spelled Univers wrong?


The final day's printing results...



Here are some of the random proofs I was doing along the way on all sorts of papers. A lovely composition of its own.


New jobs emerged as we went along - like transferring some type from the boxes they were in to containers that separate them letter by letter to make it easier to select and diss the type.  

We discovered a few different arrangements for having the type in its own little compartments, so there are a few rainy day jobs ahead yet.




 And Sunday afternoon we watched a storm front go by...


Now the samples need to dry, we need to create the 5 sets, sort out just how they will be bound to enable the insertion of new typefaces the come along or are discovered, and then the scanning/copying of them onto cards to have spares as well. Yee ha - feels great!

Now to prepare for teaching this weekend.

8 comments:

  1. no one would ever work as hard as this but for the sheer love of it

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    1. What do they call it Liz - a labour of love?? It has been indeed - but I can also see the value and need to remind myself it will make my life easier one day!

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  2. onya (((Fiona and Barry))) 'tis done!

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  3. It must feel so good to have accomplished this large project and feel that your future efforts will be grounded in tidy, well-cataloged type.

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    1. Hugely satisfying thanks Dana - and yes it feels a bit like putting down the foundations for a house - not a lot to show for it, but definitely important for the next stages! Go well.

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  4. nice...must feel like a relief !

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    1. a huge relief Annick! Thanks of your support along the way.

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