Wednesday, October 30, 2002
Manuscript Studies - Medieval and Modern
Secondary sources for the histories of writing printing, etc.
Timeline of reading & writing
Basic introduction to the history of the type
Am currently reading Walter Ong, McGann and Adrian Johns. Thinking about s p a c i n g and SPACE. Thinking about blanks and white margins. Paper and parchment. Manuscripts and incunabula.
Secondary sources for the histories of writing printing, etc.
Timeline of reading & writing
Basic introduction to the history of the type
Am currently reading Walter Ong, McGann and Adrian Johns. Thinking about s p a c i n g and SPACE. Thinking about blanks and white margins. Paper and parchment. Manuscripts and incunabula.
Tuesday, October 22, 2002
Back in academia. Doing well. Feeling good.
+ The American Printing History Association: Links to Online Resources and Other Organizations
+ The Virtual Museum of Printing-Press
+ Serif: The Magazine of Type & Typography
+ Printing: Renaissance & Reformation - An Exhibit for History 101: European Civlization I
+ The American Printing History Association: Links to Online Resources and Other Organizations
+ The Virtual Museum of Printing-Press
+ Serif: The Magazine of Type & Typography
+ Printing: Renaissance & Reformation - An Exhibit for History 101: European Civlization I
"Everything you have experienced and are experiencing .. is made of one thing"
"Atoms," said Lanark.
"No. Print. Some worlds are made of atoms, but yours is made of tiny marks marching in neat lines, like armies in insects, across pages and pages and pages of white paper."
- Alasdair Gray: Lanark (1981)
"Atoms," said Lanark.
"No. Print. Some worlds are made of atoms, but yours is made of tiny marks marching in neat lines, like armies in insects, across pages and pages and pages of white paper."
- Alasdair Gray: Lanark (1981)
