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SUMMARY:Type Designers of the Twentieth Century - David Jury (Bodleian Lib
 rary Publishing)\, Jeremy Tankard (Type Designer)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251119T143000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251119T153000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Type Designers of the Twentieth Century by David Jury (Bodleia
 n Library Publishing) tells the fascinating story of the design and manufa
 cture of typefaces over the past 100 years\, from the hand-made letter for
 ms cut from metal blocks to digital designs made with sophisticated comput
 erized techniques.\n\nTo celebrate the publication of this book\, Jeremy T
 ankard\, a leading type designer\, describes the evolution of type design 
 during his own professional career\, recalling the freedom to experiment t
 hat accompanied the early days of digital type design\, to contemporary pr
 actices which harness the tremendous advances in design technology widely 
 used today across the industry. \n\nSpeakers\nDavid Jury is a writer\, des
 igner\, printer\, lecturer and historian of type\, typography and graphic 
 design. He is editor of Parenthesis\, the journal of the Fine Press Book A
 ssociation (UK/European edition) and proprietor of the Fox Ash Press. His 
 many books include Reinventing Print (Bloomsbury\, 2018)\, Mid-Century Typ
 e (Merrill Books\, 2023) and\, most recently\, Type Designers of the Twent
 ieth Century (Bodleian Library Publishing\, 2025).\n\nJeremy Tankard is a 
 type designer with more than 30 years’ experience. His first typeface\, 
 'Disturbance'\, was released through Fontshop International in 1993\, foll
 owed by 'Bliss' in 1996 as part of the Agfa Creative Alliance and later by
  typefaces for Adobe and Microsoft. He continues to produce a wide range o
 f type that offer new visual textures for creative use\; some are bespoke 
 commissions but many are available to license at typography.net.\nSpeakers
 :\nDavid Jury (Bodleian Library Publishing)\, Jeremy Tankard (Type Designe
 r)
LOCATION:Weston Library (Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre)\, Broad Street 
 OX1 3BG
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SUMMARY:Type Designers of the Twentieth Century - David Jury (Bodleian Lib
 rary Publishing)\, Jeremy Tankard (Type Designer)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251119T143000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Type Designers of the Twentieth Century by David Jury (Bodleia
 n Library Publishing) tells the fascinating story of the design and manufa
 cture of typefaces over the past 100 years\, from the hand-made letter for
 ms cut from metal blocks to digital designs made with sophisticated comput
 erized techniques.\n\nTo celebrate the publication of this book\, Jeremy T
 ankard\, a leading type designer\, describes the evolution of type design 
 during his own professional career\, recalling the freedom to experiment t
 hat accompanied the early days of digital type design\, to contemporary pr
 actices which harness the tremendous advances in design technology widely 
 used today across the industry. \n\nSpeakers\nDavid Jury is a writer\, des
 igner\, printer\, lecturer and historian of type\, typography and graphic 
 design. He is editor of Parenthesis\, the journal of the Fine Press Book A
 ssociation (UK/European edition) and proprietor of the Fox Ash Press. His 
 many books include Reinventing Print (Bloomsbury\, 2018)\, Mid-Century Typ
 e (Merrill Books\, 2023) and\, most recently\, Type Designers of the Twent
 ieth Century (Bodleian Library Publishing\, 2025).\n\nJeremy Tankard is a 
 type designer with more than 30 years’ experience. His first typeface\, 
 'Disturbance'\, was released through Fontshop International in 1993\, foll
 owed by 'Bliss' in 1996 as part of the Agfa Creative Alliance and later by
  typefaces for Adobe and Microsoft. He continues to produce a wide range o
 f type that offer new visual textures for creative use\; some are bespoke 
 commissions but many are available to license at typography.net.\nSpeakers
 :\nDavid Jury (Bodleian Library Publishing)\, Jeremy Tankard (Type Designe
 r)
LOCATION:Weston Library (Sir Victor Blank Lecture Theatre)\, Broad Street 
 OX1 3BG
TZID:Europe/London
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