James Mosley

James Mosley (born 1935) is a retired librarian and historian whose work has specialised in the history of printing and letter design.[1][2][3][4][5]

The main part of Mosley's career has been 42 years as Librarian of the St Bride Printing Library in London, where he curated and worked to expand the museum's large collection of printing and lettering materials, books and examples. This collection greatly expanded with the close of the metal type era, which saw many companies and printing shops selling off their equipment and archives.[1][6][7] Mosley also expanded the library's collection of lettering and signs.[8] He has also been a lecturer and professor at the University of Reading since 1964, and founded the British Printing Historical Society in that year.[9][10]

Particular areas of focus of his career have been, in Britain, William Caslon, Vincent Figgins and Talbot Baines Reed, Eric Gill (with whose brother Evan he worked in the 1950s), and, in Europe, the Romain du Roi.[1][11][12][13]

  1. ^ a b c Barnes, Paul. "James Mosley: a life in objects". Eye magazine. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  2. ^ Mosley, James. "2003 Individual Award: acceptance speech". APHA. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ^ Howes, Justin (2004). James Mosley. Mark Batty. ISBN 0972424059.
  4. ^ Mosley, compiled by Steven Tuohy; with two essays by James (1995). James Mosley: librarian, St Bride Printing Library, London : a checklist of the published writings 1958-95. Cambridge: Rampart Lions Press. ISBN 9780902591608.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Mosley, James. "Working Letters – an affectionate view of the vernacular". Letter Exchange. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  6. ^ Kinross, Robin. "Temple of Type". Eye. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  7. ^ "Ornamented types: a prospectus" (PDF). imimprimit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  8. ^ Young, Timothy. "London Dispatch: The St. Bride Foundation". Design Observer. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Professor James Mosley". University of Reading. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  10. ^ "James Mosley: Hyphen Press". Hyphen Press. Retrieved 11 December 2015.
  11. ^ Mosley, James (2006). "Garamond, Griffo and Others: The Price of Celebrity". Bibiologia. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
  12. ^ Vervliet, Hendrik D.L. (2008). The palaeotypography of the French Renaissance. Selected papers on sixteenth-century typefaces. 2 vols. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill NV. ISBN 9789004169821.
  13. ^ Mosley, James. "Talbot Baines Reed, typefounder and sailor". Type Foundry (blog). Retrieved 12 December 2015.