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PACKAGED TORONTO: The type of book for font lovers Packaged Toronto is the newest book from Spacing — it focuses on the graphic design and packaging of products, pulled form the City of Toronto’s museum collection of over 150,000 objects — made in Toronto between 1870-1950. Read details about it or I’m a sucker for typography. So much so, I even had a font made of my own hand-writing. I love examining fonts to the point that I will blurt out esoteric comments to anyone with me, such a...

Back in 2011, I was brainstorming ideas for future projects with local historian Stephen Otto. He was intrigued by what the BBC and New York Times had both published at the time: lists of important, historic objects that helped define a place. We surmised that compiling a list for Toronto would be an entertaining and revealing project. Five years later, and with over 300 objects identified with the help of over 50 local know-it-alls, we had our list: This deep dive into finding the objects le...