Letterpress
The Allure of the Handmade
1st Edition
Published in August 2004
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-2-88046-784-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book celebrates the diversity of the original work being produced by graphic designers and typographers using letterpress around the world. It examines US and European private presses, top international graphic designers working with letterpress, how letterpress is being used as a commercial medium in developing countries and the continuing new developments in letterpress technology. This is a timely book designed to support the trend for non-computer design techniques now enjoying a period of growth and reinvention.
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Person
David Jury is editor of TypoGraphic and Head of Graphic Design at Colchester Institute, UK. He holds awards of excellence for his typographic work from the New York Type Club, the International Society of Typographic Designers and ICOGRADA. He is author of the RotoVision book About Face - Reviving the Rules of Typography. He lives and works in Essex, UK.