Explore the public and private typographic secrets of New York.
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Sunday 29 April 2007 :: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
TDC Conference Center
Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street, 8th floor
New York, NY 10001
Registration is required. Space is limited.
For the 4th TDC Walking Tour of New York we will finally venture beyond Manhattan to the outer boroughs. During the three-hour tour we will explore several neighborhoods in Brooklyn, most likely Brooklyn Heights, the area around Borough Hall and Park Slope. The emphasis will be more on lettering to be found on government buildings, churches and residences rather than on commercial structures. If time permits, we will also examine several subway stations in Brooklyn that show the varieties of lettering (from terra cotta tiles to an original Unimark sign) to be found underground. The exact itinerary will be determined a week before the tour.
For those who missed the Manhattan tours you can discover some of the sites through Letters from New York 2, a journal published by the Society of Scribes, Ltd. It is available for $12 and postage from Paper and Ink Arts. (Type the title into the find or search box since the website is difficult to navigate.)
Paul Shaw teaches typography, calligraphy, the history of graphic design, and the history of typography at design schools in the New York metropolitan area. He is the principal of Paul Shaw / Letter Design, a studio specializing in all forms of lettering, calligraphy and typography. He has designed 17 typefaces for LetterPerfect including Old Claude, Kolo, Bermuda and Donatello. With Peter Bain he co-curated Blackletter: Type and National Identity and co-wrote the accompanying monograph and catalogue. Paul co-led four Legacy of Letters tours of Rome, Florence and Tuscany with Garrett Boge from 1997 to 2000. He has received numerous grants and fellowships, including ones from the Smithsonian Institute, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Academy in Rome. He is currently trying to complete a biography of W.A. Dwiggins.
If you must cancel for any reason, please notify us via e-mail at director@tdc.org by Friday 27 April 2007. Your registration fee will be refunded less a $10 processing fee. No refunds will be made after this date.
TDC :: Type Directors Club
127 West 25th Street 8th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
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