I'm having a bit of saucy typographic fun and helping to raise some money for St Bride in the process. UKType are inviting printers, designers and typographers from around the world to create a type tart card: the results of which will be exhibited in Birmingham and London and then place for auction...

I was saddened to learn that the printing museum in Cockemouth, Cumbria had recently closed and the contents of the place were up for sale. The Museum had been housed in a 16th Century building in the centre of the town where it exhibited a varied range of printing presses collected from across the country...