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 >
Women in Type
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 >
Interviewing Patricia & David Saunders
In July 2018 we had the privilege to travel to North Wales to interview two former and iconic members of the Monotype Drawing Office, Patricia and David Saunders. Having graduated…Read More >
Reading list
Below is a selection of books, which are contributing to contextualising our research. When viewed in a wider cultural context, the period under scrutiny (1910–1990) is of particular socio-historical significance for…Read More >
