At Auburn University, we have a weekly gathering called Colab, where the students submit requests for software tutorials, and those requests are then answered by other students. This semester colab has been reworked to allow for field trips and guest speakers, so students can get a better feel for what opportunities are available in the design world. We had our first colab meeting outside of campus last week when we ...

There are a lot of little details in this block that I love. The letterform itself looks like an earlier sans serif, because of the thick and thin variations. It’s got an odd little round wound at the top on the upper middle of the face. The router levels are very clear in the upper vertices, you can see the deeper, wider cut above and the smaller bit below it. ...

It is about time I start posting letters from this set! As discussed previously, this set is a Grecian style, which is basically a condensed antique with straight corners instead of curves. This face is unique because it was apparently visually copied from a foundry typeface, I have not seen a wood type Grecian to match some of its characteristics. The A exhibits the extreme weight contrast that makes the ...

This is obviously not an end grain block! I got this block with a large mixed set several summers ago, and it is the only one I have like it, or have seen like it. It has a metal face and it screwed into a wood back. I expected it to be heavier because of the metal face, but it really surprised me when I first picked it up. You ...