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I’ve arrived in Germany.

I was pleasantly surprised to find the partner of the friend I am staying with to be a collector and dealer in printed and drawn antiquities—everything from postcards, newspapers, books of course and original drawings. He has reputable collection and much of it happens to live next door to my bedroom.

He recently acquired a large set of postcards and letters dated early 1900–1960’s and today gave me the chance to peruse a German Lutheran bible completed in 1736. There is a whole bag of forgotten inspiration that can be drawn from these materials. In particular I’m finding them a wonderful source for things typographical as the stuff is so old, having long passed “out of fashion”.

Typeset materials aside, the handwritten postcards and letters put my handwriting to shame. It’s made me realise how much we use a computer for anything written nowadays. It has me contemplating starting a handwritten personal journal to get back in the habit putting a pen in my hand and giving the keyboard a break.

I’ve been snapping a lot of photos of the various pieces. I’m going to be starting a photoblog shortly to give them a proper place of their own to live in; I’ll reserve noting them here when I run across something particularly interesting.

The Lutheran bible will have a post for itself in the coming days. Otherwise, stay turned for the photoblog and have a great week!