As I travelled through Milan on my own I felt incredibly daunted at the prospect of spending the next 4 days with a bunch of people from across the globe I’d never met before. The feeling only got worse when I arrived at Leoncavallo – a graffiti clad squat which is home to Letterpress Workers and my accommodation. But those thoughts are not for this blog. I clearly looked a little lost when I entered the large room, full of people, where we would be working for the next few d

My previous blog post talks about the trial of making wood type. After it’s success, it was time to make some more! I wanted to see the project through from start to finish, and this meant designing my own typeface. Now, I’m no type designer, and I’m like a fish out of water when it comes to illustrator. I’d seen a type face by G.Collette & J.Dufour called l’independent designed in the 30’s and I fell in love with it. Given its simplicity, I was hugely influenced by this when