The seventh annual Justin Howes memorial lecture

Fred Smeijers

• Tuesday 21 February 2012 at 7pm
• In the Bridewell Hall, St Bride Foundation
• Admission £5

Having been out of print for nearly four years, a second edition of Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now was published in summer 2011. The first edition was introduced in 1996 at the ATypI conference in The Hague, and nearly fifteen years later it seems the book is still sought after. It offered a clear view on punchcutting, that was easy to understand, and which was joined up with essential historical knowledge not easily accessible at the time.

This talk reveals the developments in research since its first publication, including contributions made by Peter Burnhill and Justin Howes.

Fred Smeijers is a Dutch type designer, teacher, and writer. He is currently a research fellow at the Plantin Museum in Antwerp, professor of type design at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig, and creative director of OurType.

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