Adam Twardoch and I had the honor last week of meeting with a group of type-related people in Tokyo. The meeting was hosted at the office of Robundo Publishing [English translation], a venerable publishing house, type shop, and private design university all in one.
Robundo houses an impressive collection of typography books, Japanese metal type, and even a replica of a 1921 Adana tabletop printing press that Katashio-san of Robundo is building from scratch based on the original blueprints.
Here are a few photos from that afternoon.
Japanese metal type.
Type forme for Adana press.
More fleurons than you can shake a stick at.
Well-loved Linotype book.
November 5, 2006 at 11:20 pm |
Thank you for sharing the great time!
It was unbelievable for me to meet that many and excellent typographical people in Japan. I think it was a valuable time for you too.
See you again.