The test pilots on the History of type correspondence course are producing some wonderfully creative examples of lettering while they research and learn about the history of typography and type classification.

The letters are the final stage in each assignment, they are created out of materials inspired by the research the participants have undertaken. This includes demonstrating the hand-crafted qualities of Blackletter type through felt and pins, referencing early books as luxury items by creating the letter out of gold, to filling a Victorian display letter with modern day motifs and portraying the pixelation of on-screen type with squares of coloured paper.

A series of Type Tasting on the hisory of type workbooks are currently being written, more soon…

Zoë Chan, Amy Freeborn, Alice Wilson, Alice Wilson, Emily Gosling, Zoë Chan, Amy Freeborn, Zoë Chan, Emily Gosling, Zoë Chan, Tracy Holtham, Luana Asiata.