I just watched an amazing documentary, Typeface. As an unabashed typophile I must highly recommend this film. It is the true tale of a The Hamilton Wooden Type Museum and it’s role in trying to document and trying to keep alive the art of hand typesetting. If you are interested in any way in history, printing, design or art, do yourself a favor and check it out!
In rural Wisconsin, a lone employee waits in a cavernous old museum for visitors to come. A few individuals straggle in every few days and then, come Friday, the museum fills with life. Machines hum, presses print, artists buzz about. One weekend each month, the quiet of Two Rivers is interrupted as carloads of artisans drive in from across the Midwest. The place comes alive as printmaking workshops led by, and filled with, some of the nation’s top design talent descend on the sleepy enclave. – from the official film site.
Typeface Trailer 1
Typeface Trailer 2
For more information:
- Hamilton Wooden Type Musuem
- The Official Typeface Movie Page
- Hamilton Wooden Type Museum on Twitter
- Hamilton Wooden Type Museum on Flickr
- Hamilton Wooden Type Museum on Facebook
