type hunting – Beth Dudek Design | Rochester, NY Digital Designer

The WNYBAC Intern

bethrd — Tue, 14 Apr 2015 04:16:08 +0000

I was an intern at the Western New York Book Arts Center through Canisius my final semester, while Rich Kegler and Chris Fritton (now the wanderlust-striken Itinerant Printer) were still in association there. The travel there included construction tearing up Main Street, graffiti, lackadaisical passersby’s, littered sidewalks, and grungy subway. But I loved every day there, and gained a fortune of knowledge from a budding love for letterpress, to bookbinding techniques, using vintage tools like a corner rounder, to learning general studio upkeep and the mechanics, orders, paperwork, and communication that keeps a business alive and relevant. Oh, and we also jammed to The Decemberists every day.

Instead of reminiscing for a while, I’ll just post some pretty pictures from my experiences.

Cemetery Type Hunting Recreation

bethrd — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 14:06:03 +0000

I went type hunting at the local cemetery again for an assignment, in which I took a picture, or in my case way too many for my poor camera, and then cloned out the original name and recreated the type with a hypothetical name with the same or similar font. The font I used that appeared to be the most similar was Georgia.

This is the original tombstone:

Type Hunting: Vintage Buffalove-Style

bethrd — Tue, 10 Sep 2013 04:13:01 +0000

Went adventuring throughout the city and found some amazing hand-crafted typography gems, like tombstones pre-modern engraving and storefront signs that were painted, or untouched by anything digital. This was such a fun adventure that I will try to continue in the future if I come across any other vintage or hand designed type.

(Bear with me and all of the photos I took…)

(I know this is too modern and doesn’t really count, but you gotta admit that it looks pretty cool).