A beautiful day with a beautiful ending.
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Sunset view at the department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading
31st January, 2011
by Blondina Elms Pastel.Reading time: about 1 minute.
Blondina Elms Pastel
Michael Twyman’s Typographic Delights
31st January, 2011
by Blondina Elms Pastel.Reading time: about 1 minute.
Michael Twyman’s Typographic Delights continues … today we had the pleasure of looking at Puffin editions from the 1930’s to the late 1940’s. The most remarkable thing I noted was the vibrancy of colour and the detail of the illustrations. Another point of note was that nearly all of these publications were in landscape format with the exception of Music Time which was in portrait.
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North Indian typeforms workshop
30th January, 2011
by Blondina Elms Pastel.Reading time: about 1 minute.
Last week’s look at North Indian scripts & typeforms was very informative. We all had to do mini case studies on each of the scripts Continue reading →
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, will present one of the most important private collections of illuminated Hebrew manuscripts and printed books in the exhibition A Journey through Jewish Worlds: Highlights from the Braginsky Collection of Hebrew Manuscripts and Printed Books, on view from December 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011.
28th January, 2011
by Blondina Elms Pastel.Reading time: about 1 minute.
Bouton Haggadah, France, second half of 19th century. The Braginsky Collection. Photo: Ardon Bar-Hama
I would love to visit this exhibit!
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Kannada Day!
26th January, 2011
by Blondina Elms Pastel.Reading time: about 1 minute.
Kannada Day!
I spent most of the day trying to understand how the Kannada script is written. I quite enjoyed it! I love how it loops and curls—a real pleasure to write. Kannada is, in fact, one of the oldest south Indian languages.
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