Doug WilsonApr 12, 2024

This is a very niche post, but anyone that has an interest in printing technology and typographic history should fill out this short survey on the future of the Type Archive in London which shut down and is now under the Science Museum Group:

https://www.cphc.org.uk/updates/2024/4/12/the-monotype-collection-the-next-chapter

cc @typographica @okay @typeoff @kupfers

The Monotype Collection: the next chapter — CPHC

Please take the survey

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Show threadDoug Wilson
It is encouraging that the Science Museum is seeking public input and I bet that many of us here could benefit from having this archive available instead of just shoved away in storage like “Indiana Jones!”
Apr 12, 2024 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadDavid JONESApr 12, 2024
@onpaperwings if you wanna put in a good word for returning the collection to our Kelham Island in Sheffield, that'd be outstanding! ;)
Show threadTheo HonohanApr 12, 2024
@onpaperwings The fact is that the Type Archive never managed to get itself "off the ground" in Kennington. It was not very easily accessible. I remember visiting around 2001 when there were plans to get the architects Marks Barfield to create a museum for the TA. It could well be that the outcome of all this is to make the collections more readily available.
Show threadDoug WilsonApr 12, 2024

@theohonohan Agreed. I visited only once, in 2006, and it was totally dead. The people were sort of confused why I was there and wanted to see things.

Hopeful that this survey can show that the public wants to access this collection.