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Grolier Club Lecture :
Matthew Carter and Charles Creesy :
The New Digital "Monticello" Type: History and Inspirations
TDC will co-sponsor an event with American Printing History Association and SoTA on February 25 at The Grolier Club. Matthew Carter and Charles Creesy will speak about the new digital typeface "Monticello." This typeface can claim a lineage back to Thomas Jefferson and America's first type foundry, Binny & Ronaldson.
Date :
6 p.m. Tuesday, 25 February 2003
Venue :
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street, New York, NY
The Face :
Because he admired Binny & Ronaldson's types, the typeface was named in honor of Jefferson's home, Monticello. Originally commissioned by Princeton University Press for the Papers of Thomas Jefferson, "Monticello" represented the desire of editor Julian Boyd and the Press to present modern documentary editing in historically allusive typography. Princeton University Press's Charles Creesy will talk about Binny & Ronaldson, their relations with Thomas Jefferson and how their 1797 type inspired the 1950 Linotype face "Monticello."
Type designer Matthew Carter will build on this history to discuss his 21st Century digital version of this distinctively American typeface. Attendees will receive a keepsake, the first showing of Carter's new digital "Monticello," courtesy of Princeton University Press.
The Speakers :
Matthew Carter, a type designer with more than forty years' experience of typographic technologies ranging from hand-cut punches to computer fonts, has designed ITC Galliard, Bell Centennial (for U.S. telephone directories), Mantinia, Big Caslon, Miller, and the screen fonts Verdana and Georgia. The recipient of numerous awards, including the Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, the Type Directors Club Medal, and the AIGA Medal, Carter is a principal of Carter & Cone Type, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Charles Creesy, Director of Computing and Publishing Technologies at Princeton University Press, was honored by the Association of American University Presses in 1996 for his efforts to help publishers adopt digital technologies. Creesy became interested in fonts while setting headlines by hand for Princeton's student newspaper in the 1960s, a skill he later applied to editing a magazine for the Peace Corps in Ecuador. Upon his return to the U.S., he worked for the New Leader in New York and became editor of the Princeton Alumni Weekly, which made the transition from hot-metal composition to computers during his tenure from 1975 to 1988. His article about the creation of the original Linotype "Monticello" and the new revival by Matthew Carter will appear in the Princeton University Library Chronicle.
The Presentation :
This presentation is part of APHA's "On the Road" series of events in 2002-2003, held across the United States. It is co-sponsored by The Grolier Club, the Society of Typographic Aficionados (SoTA), and the Type Directors Club, and is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required but seating is available on a first come-first served basis.
About the Sponsors :
APHA :
The American Printing History Association (APHA), founded in 1974, encourages the study of printing history and related arts and skills, including calligraphy, typefounding, typography, papermaking, bookbinding, illustration, and publishing.
W : http://www.printinghistory.org
The Grolier Club :
Established in 1884, The Grolier Club is America's oldest and largest society for bibliophiles and enthusiasts in the graphic arts. Named for Jean Grolier, the Renaissance collector renowned for sharing his library with friends, the Club's objective is to foster "the literary study and promotion of the arts pertaining to the production of books." The Club maintains a library on printing and related book arts, and its programs include public exhibitions as well as a long and distinguished series of publications.
W : http://www.grolierclub.org
SoTA :
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SoTA) is an international organization dedicated to the promotion, study, and support of type, its history and development, its use in the world of print and digital imagery, its designers, and its admirers.
W : http://www.typesociety.org
TDC :
The Type Directors Club is an international organization for all people who are devoted to excellence in typography, both in print and on screen. Founded in 1946, today's TDC is involved in all contemporary areas of typography and design, and welcomes graphic designers, art directors, editors, multimedia professionals, students, entrepreneurs, and all who have an interest in type: in advertising, communications, education, marketing, and publishing.
W : http://www.tdc.org
For further information :
APHA
Mark Samuels Lasner, Vice-President for Programs
APHA
P.O. Box 4922Grand Central Station
New York, N.Y. 10163
T : 1-302-831-3250
E :programs@printinghistory.org
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 10022
T : 1-212-838-6690
F : 1- 212-838-2445
E : ejh@grolierclub.org
W : http://www.grolierclub.org/
TDC Type Directors Club
60 East 42nd Street
Suite 721
New York, NY 10165-0721
USA
T : 1-212-983-6042
F : 1-212-983-6043
E : director@tdc.org
W : http://www.tdc.org/
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