The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
While studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and frequenting The Newberry Library of Chicago, I observed vellums from the fifteenth-century and the type specimens of early twentieth-century. This experience gave me a greater understanding for the scale and mark of a letterform. Also, my notion of the total environment in which work was created by master scribes, calligraphers and type designers was further expanded. The following three sections of images showcase my thesis exhibition presented at The Sullivan Galleries in Chicago, IL during the Spring 2009.
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Coauthored Colophon | 9 coauthored colophons
In my study of type design, the colophon is a tool to better understand the role of the book designer and the type designer as authors. Colophons are historical statements calling one's attention to the authorship of: the reading literature, the format and design of the book, the typefaces implemented, the printing press, the paper, the bindery and the date and location of the publication all typically found on the title page. Books designed by W.A. Dwiggins' and their colophons provide influential details into the world of a type designer working during the early to middle twentieth-century. The nine coauthored colophons featured here subsided from a collection of thirty. Each generated describes a personal or technological type of authorship.
Type as Relic | 8 Wooden Glyphs
A glyph is a graphic representation of a character. Each glyph represents one of three typefaces designed and describes a variation of the definition of penman. 
An Orientation Shift | Broadside/Type Specimen
The form of a broadside has existed as a sheet of paper printed on one side only requiring a quarter turn of the book to orient the image for reading. Examining the typeface design specimen in an early portfolio vellum form, catalog booklet or broadside sheet also expanded my notion of role of the typeface, the type designer and who is viewed as a critical author. Dwiggins was known to create a shift in the definition of author. Challenging the lines of author and designer in his type specimens released for distribution. 
Studio Space | Diagrams and sketches
These collections of images showcase specific mappings and drawings.