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Today letterpress is in revival and widely used in books, posters, bespoke stationery like invitations, name cards, letterheads, etc. Letterpress designers like Alan Kitching or Jesus Morentin crave their names in the computer-generated design world with beautiful-composed types. This book introduces the history and the process of letterpress printing and includes a list of classic movable types arranged in style order. The volume also provides letterpress designers, artists, type foundries, institutions, and even museums worldwide, each with an elaborated biography and exclusive interviews with the most relevant professionals in this area. It will prove to be a handbook for type designers, letterpress designers, type lovers, design students and ordinary readers who enjoy crafts and prints.
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Today letterpress is in revival and widely used in books, posters, bespoke stationery like invitations, name cards, letterheads, etc. Letterpress designers like Alan Kitching or Jesus Morentin crave their names in the computer-generated design world with beautiful-composed types. This book introduces the history and the process of letterpress printing and includes a list of classic movable types arranged in style order. The volume also provides letterpress designers, artists, type foundries, institutions, and even museums worldwide, each with an elaborated biography and exclusive interviews with the most relevant professionals in this area. It will prove to be a handbook for type designers, letterpress designers, type lovers, design students and ordinary readers who enjoy crafts and prints.
