The Type Archive holds the National Typefounding Collection, purchased with grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund; broadly comprising; 1. the typefounding materials of the Sheffield typefounders, Stephenson Blake, a collection dating from 16th century London typefounders to their 20th century counterparts; 2. the hot-metal archive and plant of the Monotype Corporation, operating from Salfords in Surrey from 1897, and in London's Lambeth from 1992 to date; and 3. the Woodletter pattern collection and plant of Robert DeLittle in York from 1888, and in Lambeth from 1996.
The Type Archive holds the National Typefounding Collection, purchased with grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund; broadly comprising 1. the typefounding materials of the Sheffield typefounders, Stephenson Blake; 2. the hot-metal archive and plant of the Monotype Corporation; and 3. the Woodletter pattern collection and plant of Robert DeLittle.
Chair of Type Archive; eminent writer and scholar on printing and related fields; former head of Conservation the British Library; former chair London Library; editor of the Book Collector
Founder of Type Archive; formerly Chatto & Windus and Hogarth Press; book designer Faber & Faber; managing editor Penguin Books; fine art typesetter and printer: Roxborough Books and Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts catalogue; proprietor Merrion Press
Susan Shaw, publisher, born 12 August 1932, died 13 June 2020
Artistic director
Previous founding trustee at Type Archive; proprietor etal design consultants; professor in the creative industries at Middlesex University School of Art and Design