David S. Rose, President of The Typophiles, is a letterpress printer and graphic designer as well as a noted book collector, writer and teacher on the subject of printing history and typography. He is best known in printing circles as the author of the Introduction to Letterpress Printing, the #1 ranked Internet site on the subject, according to Google. He began working with type in the book arts program at Yale University, where as an undergraduate he was a recipient of Yale’s Lohmann Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Printing and Design as well as the Van Sinderen Book Collecting Prize for his collection on printing and typography. He was also awarded a Robert C. Bates Traveling Fellowship to study the fine presses, binderies and printing museums of Europe.





