Script? or Type? The Pleasures and Perils of Script Fonts

Renowned printer and type designer Russell Maret will discuss the creation and use of script fonts, past and present, with Jill Gage, curator of the exhibition A Show of Hands: Handwriting in the Age of Print.

Speakers

Russell Maret is a letter designer and letterpress printer working in New York City.

Jill Gage is the Newberry’s Custodian of the John M. Wing Foundation on the History Printing.

Cost and Registration

This program is free and open to all.

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