Typographica
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A great resource for type reviews & reviews of books about type and lettering.
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Typographica is a great place for the type fan: lots of reviews of typefaces and type books, with occasional commentary on fonts and typographic design. There are beautiful, easy to view displays of many newly released fonts. Edited by the highly respected Stephen Coles,
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There's more of my lettering work to be seen.
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Letter News Newsletter
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is a free, informative monthly
e-newletter which contains information about any and all aspects of
lettering and typography: commercial and artistic applications, tips
and suggestions, lettering resources, lettering in the news and current
lettering work.
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I love lettering book covers, particularly children's books that invariably are colorful and have great illustrations. Here's a recent one with beautiful, slick, reflective effects on the cover.
Lettering: Jill Bell
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| Type History
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Goodbye Gutenberg, Hello Jikji
was Korean...and a Buddhist text
Jikji is the abbreviated title of the oldest extant book that was printed using movable metal type. Printed in 1377 in Korea, it precedes Gutenberg's 42-Line Bible by 78 years. The information about its printing is recorded in the book's postscript (a colophon of sorts) and is verified by a record indicating that in 1377 the author's students, the priests
Seoksan, Daldam and the female priest Myodeok, published Jikji using
moveable metal type. 
The title Jikji is an abbreviation for the full title: Baegun Hwasang Chorok Buljo Jikji Simche Yojeol , or The Monk Baegun's Selected Teachings of Buddhist Sages and Seon Masters. The Jikji was written by the Buddhist monk Baegun (1298-1374, Buddhist name Gyeonghan), who served as the chief priest of Anguk and Shingwang temples in Haeju, and was published in two volumes in Seongbulsan in 1372. Seon is the predecessor to Zen.
The only surviving copy is the second volume, now in the Manuscrit Orianteaux of the National Library of France. Other editions of the complete two volumes are in libraries and museums in Korea and elsewhere.
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Note from Jill
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This is the one year anniversary of Letter New Newsletter. I hope you'll go back and check out some of the previous issues if you've missed them. I still like the first one best, although that may be because I finally just did it!
Thanks for your time... and interest in letters!
Hope you are enjoying summer as much as I am.
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Jill Bell Brandlettering
913 649.4505
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Distinctive, one-of-a-kind lettering solutions tailored to your individual needs.www.jillbell.com |
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