Printing Impressions is pleased to announce the addition of Alexander S. Lawson to its staff of contributing editors. His column “Typographically Speaking” will appear as a regular monthly feature in Printing Impressions. Lawson entered the printing industry in 1928 and served his apprenticeship in the composing room. After naval service during the war he attended [...]

On this day in 1900 was born the charming lady who made her reputation as a man. Well! Who ever heard of a woman who knew anything about type? So it was quite natural that when Beatrice Warde completed her research which proved that Garamond type was not originally designed by Claude Garamond, she could [...]

On this day in 1941, Daniel Berkeley Updike acceded to a request from the Typophiles to write a short introduction to the collection of wartime letters which Beatrice Warde wrote from London to her mother in New York. This compilation was published as one of the Typophile Chap Books under the title, Bombed But Unbeaten. [...]