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Reading Type Specimens Aloud - Virtual Event

Have you ever looked at type specimen books and felt the urge to declaim their contents... over Zoom? You are not alone!

In June 2019, People’s Museums hosted an in-person event, Reading Type Specimens Aloud, at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Parkway Library. Join us on October 27th from 11:30am-12:30pm EST for another opportunity to read and listen to the lyrical, quirky, functional texts over Zoom. Details here - with links to many digitized type specimen books to peruse.

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Reading Type Specimens Aloud

JUNE 4  6:00PM                Room 108            FREE

Art Department at Parkway Central Library / Free Library of Philadelphia

Have you ever looked at type specimen books and felt the urge to declaim their contents? You are not alone!

The Free Library of Philadelphia holds hundreds of examples of late 19th and early 20th century books assembled by type founders to display the varieties they produced. Many among them were created by local foundries like Philadelphia’s Mackellar, Smiths & Jordan. If you’ve perused them before you know they range from the functionally repetitive to the deeply lyrical.

Join The People’s Museums of Philadelphia for a close look at many type specimen books from the library’s collection and an opportunity to read or listen to readings from them.

EVENT LINK

Registration encouraged: http://readingtypespecimens.eventbrite.com

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Philadelphia Maneto Alive

A roving tableau vivant of the Philadelphia City seal

Thursday, June 14th

Follow #philadelphiamanetoalive on Instagram for details

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Available now!

South Philadelphia Museums: Selections from the Broken Glasses Collection

40pp; perfect-bound by hand

$25, including domestic shipping (US)

(Please contact us via email regarding international shipping, questions, etc.)

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