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 >
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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 >
Understanding the role of young women in society
Selina Todd Young Women, Work and Family in England 1918-1950 Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005 pp. 272 Although there have been many excellent studies on women’s work in labour history…Read More >
Women in Type meet Women in Tech
Palantir, an American software company specialising in big data analytics, is currently hosting a series of streamed live events entitled ‘Women in Tech’. Professor Fiona Ross and Dr. Alice Savoie…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 >
