The Art of Wood Type
Greg Ruffa has done an extraordinary job to document and display the beauty of these wonderful old types. Full color wood-pr0n ;-)
Order direct from Greg, as he has self-published the book, after four years of research, drawing on his own extensive collection of type as well as those of fellow collectors and lovers of wood type.
Each of the faces is shown in a color photo of a full alphabet, as well as a lovingly rendered redrawing of the forms. That is, Greg has rendered each glyph in Illustrator, to show the design as it is conceived, as well as the physical type as artifacts.
This book is a "must have" for anyone who shares Greg's love of these sometimes idiosyncratic, often stout, occasionally drop-dead gorgeous letters. "The Art of Wood Type" compliments and enhances Rob Roy Kelly's landmark "American Wood Type", now out of print (which can generally be found on abe.com, however).
Highly Recommended. *
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