Good-ish morning run, hot breakfast, second cup of coffee, attended (via BBC) the Holy Father’s obsequies, was concomitantly moved, then lunch, grocery shopping and marking. I was so impressed with the typography/page design of the service booklet that it gave me the idea of launching Updike awards for liturgical printing: perhaps one for regular Sunday services, one for a special event, one for typography in particular, one for layout, and one to three (max) for general merit in specific respects (for children? use of non-roman typography? for creativity? colour? the idea is that some works warrant recognition even though they may not represent a ‘category’ that should be institutionalised for annual recognition), and of course, the coveted Updike for overall Best Liturgical Printing.
‘Our Updike-winning Sunday bulletin…’
‘Once again, the Updike goes to Tipografia Vaticana, for the third year in a row….’
‘This year’s Updike for a Special Service goes to Westminster Abbey, for the service book for the Coronation…’
Think I’ll ask around about this.