Temporary Type
St. Bride Printing Library has issued a call for papers for next year’s conference.
Temporary type is work that has knowingly been created without longevity, which simply serves the moment. It includes all ephemera, newspapers, street literature and fly-posting. Temporary type may also be that which is seen only fleetingly such as on television, in the cinema, on computer screens or used in video games; it might be found on the electronic departure signs at railway stations or the score boards at sports events. Temporary type could include lettering on the move such as the graphics found on the side of transit vans, on the tail-wings of aircraft, or the advertising on the side of buses. It might also encompass graffiti or body painting. Perhaps temporary type is a fount that has found short-term acclaim but then descended into obscurity.
For more information go to Typographica.
