Background
Johnston, Alastair Mcdowell was born on July 6, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland. Came to the United States 1970. Son of David Dorman and Christina Scott (Parker) Johnston.
(Specimen books issued by typefounders to show their style...)
Specimen books issued by typefounders to show their styles of type available for sale also revealed a lot about the reading habits, politics, amusements, and whimsies of the British and North American founders in the nineteenth century. Combining typographic scholarship and literary criticism, Alastair Johnston presents and discusses hundreds of examples of texts that show the founders' interests and preoccupations, from the arcane to the mundane. Co-published with The British Library.
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Johnston, Alastair Mcdowell was born on July 6, 1950 in Glasgow, Scotland. Came to the United States 1970. Son of David Dorman and Christina Scott (Parker) Johnston.
Printer, editor public, Poltroon Press, Berkeley, California, since 1975; lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, since 1979; contributing editor, Fine Print Magazine, San Francisco, 1988-1990; contributor, Bookways Magazine, Austin, Texas, 1992-1995; contributor, Printing History magazine, New York City, since 1991; reviewer, WIRED Magazine, San Francisco, since 1994. Director Pacific Center for the Book Arts, San Francisco, 1987-1995. Evaluator National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, 1990-1992.
(Specimen books issued by typefounders to show their style...)
Member Printing History Society, Association Typographique Internationale, American Printing History Association, Society History of Authors Research and Public.
1 child: Carlyle Alexander.