As our Women in Type research project is drawing to a close, we are pleased to announce an evening of talks curated by Prof. Fiona Ross and Dr. Alice Savoie,…Read More >
Alice Savoie is a typeface designer, researcher and teacher. She wrote her PhD on the making of typefaces for phototypesetting, and is the principal researcher on the Women in Type project.
Upcoming talks and publications
Talks Alice Savoie has been invited to present our Women in Type research as a keynote speaker in Paris at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) on 20…Read More >
The women behind Times New Roman
We are pleased to announce the publication of our article ‘The women behind Times New Roman: The contribution of type drawing offices to twentieth century type-making’ in Journal of Design…Read More >
Public presentations of Women in Type
Following our presentations of the Women in Type research project at academic conferences in Antwerp and Birmingham last year, our team has had a number of opportunities this year to…Read More >
Photographing the Monotype archives
Back in July, our team was joined in the Monotype archives by photographer Laura Bennetto. Laura has long collaborated with the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University…Read More >
Patricia Saunders 1933–2019
Above: Patricia Saunders (then Patricia Mullett) in the Monotype Drawing Office in 1955, aged 22. © Monotype Archives It is with great sadness that our team has been informed that…Read More >
A Monotype Composing Machine, 1925
This silent film from 1925 provides a lively and informative insight into the life of employees at the Monotype Works in Salfords. The first part of the film walks…Read More >
Undertaking archival research
Above: Letter to Lady Astor on the issue of married women’s employment, 1933. Special Collections of the Museum of English Rural Life. All rights reserved. Yesterday our research led us…Read More >
Our Atypi talk is online
On 13 September 2018 part of our team presented the ‘Women in Type’ research project at the annual Atypi conference, which took place this year in Antwerp, Belgium. This was…Read More >
Early days of the Monotype Type Drawing Office
Fritz Max Steletzer led the Type Drawing Office of Monotype in Salfords from its inception in the early 1900s until his retirement in 1940. This is an extract from one…Read More >
