November 2009 – Page 3 – Green Chair Press Blog

The Snark

According to Bibliophile Bullpen, this is “called a percontation point — a ‘rhetorical question mark’. . . an irony mark also called a snark or zing. Created by Henry Denham in the 1580s, it pops up in literature every century or so, but never really caught on.”

The history of the percontation point is here on wikipedia. Take a look, if just to see the side bar that lists a plethora of little used punctuation marks and their names. Can you guess these: guillemets, asterism, and solidus?

Thanks to Cathy for the tip!

Between the Folds

Between the Folds is a documentary “exploring the science, art, creativity and ingenuity of many of the world’s best paper folders” that is going to be shown on the Independent Lens series on PBS this December.

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{via The Vespiary Book Binding Blog}

Daily Drop Caps

hiannon passed along this quite festive website:
“The Daily Drop Cap is an ongoing project by typographer and illustrator Jessica Hische. Each day (or at least each WORK day), a new hand-crafted decorative initial cap will be posted for your enjoyment and for the beautification of blog posts everywhere”

Stories from Behind the Bar

I recently got a note from New North Press in London about their book The Travelling Barmaid. It featuring ‘stories from behind the bar’ written by Lisa Rahman and is hand-set and printed letterpress using the metal type the press has collected over the years. On the press’s website, scroll down to see the more spreads from the book, and the lovely cover.

The Complex of All of These

Abigail Uhteg has documented her summer internship at the Women’s Studio Workshop with a video flipbook of the 3000 photos she took over the course of printing and constructing her edition of 35 artist’s books.

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Map Cuts

Cathy sent me a link to a post about Karen O’Leary’s Map Cuts. They are hand cut, and Karen says this on her Etsy shop:

If you’re interested in a certain city, please send me an email and allow a few months for me to complete it. please note, each map takes quite a bit of time. Custom pieces will be hand-cut in the order that payment is received.