Monday, July 30, 2012

Lettering and Calligraphy

Lettering and Calligraphy
in Current Advertising and Publishing
1945 exhibition catalogue
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Thursday, July 26, 2012

The Zulu and the Zeide

Dan Jacobson
Atlantic Little Brown, 1959
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(Next post July 30: Lettering and Calligraphy)

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Jeanyee's Birthday

Jeanyee was born on July 22. In 2010, her 90th birthday was celebrated at the Grolier Club; an account of it is here.














NewSoS
Volume 26, Number 5, Fall 2001
Cover map and six-page conversation
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(Next post July 26: The Zulu and the Zeide)

Friday, July 20, 2012

Let’s Make Something

Harry Zarchy
Alfred A. Knopf, 1941
Jeanyee’s first professional assignment was hand-lettering all the text.
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The Inland Printer
June 1943
page 29: Books-by-Offset Exhibit Shows Advances in This Field
... Another book, listed among the juveniles, was “Let’s Make Something,” 
by Harry Zarchy, published by Alfred A. Knopf, this being hand-lettered 
in a caligraphic [sic] hand by Jean-yee Wong.


(Updated September 16, 2023; next post July 22: Jeanyee’s Birthday)

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