Recent Speakers at The Typophiles' Luncheons

The Typophiles meet periodically at the National Arts Club in Grammercy Park in Manhattan for lunch and a talk. Members receive invitations and discounted tickets. Over the years we have had an impressive array of speakers and topics.
Date Speaker / Topic
Dec 7, 2011John Bonadies, "Creating the Digital Letterpress"
Mar 16, 2011 Jerry Kelly. “New [& Old] Designs for New Books.”
Dec 8, 2010 David Pankow. “Typographical Allegories and Erotic Ambiguities: the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili of Aldus Manutius.”
Mar 17, 2010 David S. Rose. “From The Book to E-Book: The Development of the Book and A Look into the Future of Readers, Tablets and Beyond.”
Dec 9, 2009 Terry Belanger. “They all look the same and who cares, anyway? Reflections on the Teaching of Illustration Processes.”
Sept 23, 2009 Michael Russem, Katran Press. “Postage Stamps by Type Designers: A Primer.”
June 10, 2009 Jason Dewinetz, Greenboathouse Press. “Fine Press Publishing in Western Canada.”
Mar 11, 2009 Esther Smith and Dikko Faust, Purgatory Press. “Wood is Good & Lead Ain't Dead.”
Dec 11, 2008 Peter Koch. “The Codex Foundation.”
Sept 17, 2008 Christopher Calderhead. “Around the World in 80 Ways.”
June 11, 2008 Gaylord Schanilec. “From Poetry to Playful Science, from Dakota to the Mississippi River”

March 12, 2008

 Richard Kegler. “Founded Objects: The Story of P22 Type Foundry, from Marcel Duchamp to Fred Goudy.”
Dec 12, 2007 Ronald Gordon. “The Oliphant Press: Tradition and Transformation.”
Jun 13, 2007 Paul Shaw. “Alphabet City: A Visual Tour of Lettering in New York.”
Mar 14, 2007 Alex W. White. “Abstraction in Book and Advertising Typography.”
Dec 13, 2006 Henry Morris. “Theodore Bachaus, D.S.E.: A San-Serriffean Literary Legend.”
Oct 11, 2006 John Randle. “A Whittington Scrapbook.”
Jun 14, 2006 Carl Schlesinger, “My Life & Times; Or, Unless We Adapt...”
Mar 15, 2006 Raleigh D'Adamo. “Transitography - How New York City's Subway Map Got Its Colors”
Dec 14, 2005 Theo Rehak. [The Typophiles Honor… A Farewell to Typophiles President Rehak on His Retirement from Office]
Sep 21, 2005 David Godine. “The Life and Work of John DePol.”
Jun 15, 2005 Jerry Kelly. “The Kelly-Winterton Press Saga.”
Mar 16, 2005 David W. Lowden. “Will Bradley, his Influence and Accomplishments.”
Dec 14, 2004 David Vander Meulen. “Warren Chappell.”
Sep 22, 2004 Freeman “Jerry” Craw. “The Influence of Japanese Art on Graphic Design.”
Jun 23, 2004 James Edward Craig. “Teaching Typography in the Computer Age.”
Mar 17, 2004 Lowell Bodger. “My Work.”
Dec 17, 2003 Stephen Heaver, Jr. “The Polemics of John Henry Nash and Daniel Berkeley Updike.”
Sep 24, 2003
Jun 11, 2003 Freeman “Jerry” Craw. “My Work.”
Mar 26, 2003 David Pankow. “The Rise and Fall of ATF.”
Sep 18, 2002 Andrew Hoyem of Arion Press
Jun 12, 2002 Lili Wronker, “The Hebrew Alphabet from Antiquity to the Computer.”
Mar 13, 2002 Ted Danforth, Jr., “The Significance of Pietro Bembo.”
Dec 12, 2001 Stephen Heaver, “The Hill Press, Baltimore.”
Sep 11, 2001 [A luncheon was not held this day.]
Jun 13, 2001 Irene Tichenor, “Theodore DeVinne, Typophile.”
Mar 14, 2001 Thomas S Hansen, "Original Wrappers - The Book Designs of George Salter.”
Dec 13, 2000 Jonathan Hoefler, The Hoefler Type Foundry.”
Sep 13, 2000 Brother Theophillus, F.E., “In the Footsteps of Gutenberg: A Report on the Successful Re-casting of the B42 Blackletter.”
Jun 14, 2000 Philip R. Bishop, "Some Stylistic Elements of the Books of Thomas Bird Mosher.”
Mar 22, 2000 Carl Schlesinger, “Mergenthaler Re-examined.”
Dec 15, 1999 Marvin Mondlin, "A Serio-Comic Epic.”
Sep 29, 1999 Graham Moss, Incline Press
Jun 16, 1999 Irene Schlegel, “Hugo and Elenor Steiner-Prague, Their Love for the book Beautiful.”
Mar 17, 1999 A Memorial Tribute to Morris A. Gelfand and Philip Grushkin
Dec 16, 1998 Cathleen A. Baker, “The Biography of Dard Hunter -- A Collaborative Effort.”
Sep 16, 1998

David Pankow. "The Anatomy of Jenson, or Who Took the Guts Out of Type"
Jun 17, 1998 Jan V. White, “Persuading Word-People that Type Matters.”
Mar 18, 1998

Steven O. Saxe. "New York Type Founders of the 19th Century" [delivered in absentia]
Dec 17, 1997 Theo Rehak. "The Hunt for Subiaco"
Sep 17, 1997 Peter Koch. "Cowboy Surrealists, Maverick Poets & Pre-Socratic Philosophers"
Jun 18, 1997 Dan Carr [The 4 Zoas Press and Golgonooza Letter Foundry]. "Typographic Punchcutting and the Evolution of a Poet's Voice on the Page"
Mar 19, 1997 Stephen Heaver, Jr. "The Hill Press, Resources and Projects"
Dec 18, 1996 Theo Rehak. "The Ratdolt-Hammer Synthesis: A New Metal Typeface from Victor Hammer"
Sep 18, 1996 Robin Price. "The Book of Revelation: A Contemporary Collaboration"
Jun 21, 1996 Monroe Causley. "Fine Printing: Arthur W. Rushmore at Harper and The Golden Hind Press, 1904-1959"
Mar 20, 1996Carol Blinn. "The Warwick Press"
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