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Endowment History – Clarence Schawk Scholarship
Established 2003 Ask Clarence Schawk what his dream was fifty years ago, and you’ll learn it wasn’t to become the chairman of a $200 million […]
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PGSF Announces a New Level of Endowments to Fund the Future for Students Studying Graphic Arts
May 26, 2024 — Pittsburgh, PA, The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) announces the establishment of a new level of endowments. The Pinnacle endowment […]
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History of Printing Timeline: 1827 – 1880
Source – printinghistory.org/timeline/ 1827 John B. Russwurm establishes Freedom’s Journal, first African-American newspaper in New York. Means for mass-producing wood type invented by Darius Wells […]
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History of Printing Timeline: 1751 – 1826
Source – printinghistory.org/timeline/ 1751 Diderot’s Encyclopédie published in France. 1752 Canada’s first newspaper the Halifax Gazette in Nova Scotia. 1755 A Dictionary of the English […]
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History of Printing Timeline: 1500 -1750
Source – printinghistory.org/timeline/ 1501 Italic type and small format books introduced by Aldus Manutius in Venice. 1514 Book of Hours printed in Arabic types in […]
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PGSF Announces a new Alliance with the Graphic Communications Education Association
April 22, 2024 (Pittsburgh, PA)The Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF), is pleased to announce that it will be supporting the Graphic Communications Education Association […]
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