this 2-color beauty by Piet Zwart broke new ground and brought stamps into the 20th century
reordering another pile of these books
We know it acknowledges the existence of an awful person (Gill) but it still an essential reference for enthusiasts of fine printing
Von Arx was a pioneer of film and moving type
had contributed significantly to the development of the day’s typography
Mayfair Cursive Mags&Zines this 2-color beauty by PietWhen one works on books about slabs, stencils, shadows, and scripts, one needs a lot of examples around. Like, when Louise Fili was working on Scripts, she picked up this specimen of Robert Hunter Middletons Mayfair Cursive. It reminds us of those placemats at diners that have ads on them. (Those were the inspiration for this, by the way.) Not a pretty specimen, but that makes sense: Ludlow faces werent pretty. They were workhorses. That this is from