For those with a slightly creepy fetish for
typography, like myself, Metropolitan Wharf is currently a place of delight.
Housed in the tastefully renovated riverside Victorian warehouse, Monotype UK
exhibits its past present and future.
Spanning over a hundred years the
typographic institution has manipulated the way in which we read today. The
show enthusiastically allows the average Joe the opportunity to observe pieces
not usually available to the general public. Original hand drawings by type
designers such as Eric Gill and Bruce Rogers demonstrate the hard graft that
goes into designing a typeface. This compels you to appreciate the vast array
of fonts now available at the click of a button. As it’s name promises, Pencil
to Pixel takes you on a journey from the original hand drawn sketches, to the
digitalisation of the modern age.
After the memorable appearance of Eric
Gill’s experimental typographic pieces at the Beauty in the Making exhibit last
spring, Monotype has once again teamed up with GFSmith to create some
beautifully high quality printed booklets. The exhibit also displays a really
interesting selection of the archives records of typeface development,
drawings, artwork, promotional materials and photographs. A visit to the gift
shop is definitely recommended; I personally fell in love with a charming book
of photographic postcards, but with mugs, booklets and limited edition posters
there’s plenty to choose from.
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