Cross-Pollination

Right now the topics in my Typography class overlap with History of Graphic Arts.  It almost feels like cheating -- learning about something in one class that you can apply in another -- but hey, I'll take it!!

In both classes, we are learning about the development of writing and typography.  I really like all the links that are included in my Typography class and thought I'd list them here for others and for future reference:

Paper, Leather, Clay & Stone: The Written Word Materialized

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/Paper-exhibit/intro.html

A Brief History of Typefaces

http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/teachers/type_lecture/Type_Lecture.pdf

Short Video: Typography is What Language Looks Like

http://bigbert.vfs.com/~dd07marcos/mograph/typographics_h264.mov

Aspect of the Victorian Book

http://www.bl.uk/collections/early/victorian/intro.html

In addition, I thought I'd add Kevin Steele's wonderful pop-up book on typography here.  It was part of the gallery show for the Moveable Book Society's conference that I went to last month.  Most of the people at the conference were graphic artists of some kind and we all agree that Kevin should have this book mass-produced -- its that good -- but right now it is a handmade one-of-a-kind.  The YouTube video shows the book in action and is very well produced and clear:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eaD-gh_NE

The write-up for this book and the rest of the show can be found at:

http://www.23sandy.com/popup/artists/steele.html