I have to confess to hearing the present story from James Moseley, a fellow typographic historian and retired librarian from St Bride; but as I liked it so much I thought I’d pass on my pleasure. Letterforms can be found in all sorts of places and none more delicious than in the Belle Époque at Newington...

I have long been a reader at St Bride Library where I have spent many hours trawling its archives for nuggets for both Prints Past and the many features I have written for Print Week . Located in the traditional heart of the printing and publishing industry, St Bride Library is a rendezvous where anyone...