The creator of the first Kirkcudbright Book Week event to sell out (there have been plenty more since) fascinated his audience with his talk at Café Feast on Wednesday (March 5).
Phil Robinson’s talk, entitled The Evolution of Typography, saw the typographer, artist and ancient language expert take his audience on a through the changing requirements and visual nature of typography with examples of books written with different media. He looked look at books from ancient Egypt, China, medieval manuscripts, letterpress printing, digital publishing and the special requirements for graphic novels and comic book design.
Kirkcudbright Book Week 