Women in Type was a three year research project at the University of Reading led by Fiona Ross, Alice Savoie, and Helena Lekka, and highlights the contributions of women to the type manufacturing process. The British Monotype and Linotype companies each employed women as part of departments where they worked to develop and produce typefaces that were often attributed completely to male designers. The Women in Type website is the result of an effort to make this research more accessible to the general public. It includes an overview of roles and responsibilities, brief histories of women who were employed by both corporations (based on first person interviews), and an excellent reading list.
Notes about recent print projects and activities, as well as interesting bits related to archiving, art, printing and typecasting communities.