Advanced Typography

The Fall 2009 semester has begun and I think this is going to be a good one. Oh, and I’m already sleep deprived.

A thousand-year-old manuscript.

The Fall semester here at Brigham Young University-Idaho starts a little late, on the 10th of September this year. But things are in full swing and I am feeling the burn. I am taking Advanced Typography, Color Photography, Book Arts, History of Design and Illustration, and an Old Testament class. All of these are great, really. The big love of my heart? Advanced Typography.

The first day of Type class was spent looking at some old old printed samples. We got to hang out with this incredible working replica of an Acorn press. I should snag some more info about it and post it on here. Below are some photos of the books and manuscripts that we got to pass around. It was really something to handle some of typography’s rich history.

Just a disclaimer, these photos were captured on my phone. Sorry they aren’t better.

An acorn printing press. This is just sitting in a room in our library.

An Ethiopian Coptic Bible.

Some detail on the Ethiopian Coptic. Look at that language! It's ancient Ge'ez.

Another look at the manuscript from above.

A sort of Roman passport. Dated back to the first century!