Ultrabold: the journal of St Bride Library

 

The two issues celebrating St Bride Library’s 125th anniversary appeared in Spring and Autumn 2021, and to mark this special occasion, were available with four cover options, the designs of which were split between issues 20 and 21: half now, half later…

 

The covers were created by the talents of (above, from top left to bottom right) Rui Abreu, Vaibhav Singh, Luke Bird and Carol Kemp.

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In number 21, our librarian Sophie Hawkey-Edwards reviewed the year and looks ahead; the second part of our history of the Foundation and the Library took us through the twentieth century and beyond; Catherine Dixon and Mick Clayton tested you with the ‘Compositors’ terminology quiz’: Ursula Jeffries examined the life and career of early ‘influencer’ John Southward; Paul Stirton looked at Max Burchartz and the graphics of Weimar-era Germany; we showed just a few of the great images you produced for ‘We Are Type’; and I wrote some some book reviews.

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You can buy a copy at the Library’s