Type Archive

Gerry Drayton, the last surviving teacher of the Monotype School (96 years of age in 2020), behind a Monotype machine at the Type Archive Museum, photograph made in 2006.

The Type Archive (formerly the Type Museum) was a collection of artefacts representing the legacy of type founding in England, whose famous type foundries and composing systems supplied the world with type in over 300 languages.[1][2] The Archive was founded in 1992 by Susan Shaw in Stockwell, South London.[3][4] The Archive announced in mid-2022 that it would relinquish its building and return portions of its collections to other institutions.[5]

  1. ^ Simon Loxley (31 March 2006). Type: The Secret History of Letters. I.B.Tauris. pp. 56–64. ISBN 978-0-85773-017-6.
  2. ^ "Type Archive, Stockwell, London". Prince's Regeneration Trust. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  3. ^ "London's Most Hidden Museum? We Find The Type Museum". Culture 24. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  4. ^ Figg, Thomas. "Reverting to Type". The Independent. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
  5. ^ "The TA will surrender the SMG loan of the Monotype Collection". The Type Archive. Retrieved 5 February 2023.