Alan Kitching's A-Z of Letterpress
Founts from The Typography Workshop
Laurence King Publishing
Available: 04/28/15
6.5 x 8 · 272 pages
9781780674810
CDN $35.95
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A must for letterpress enthusiasts and graphic designers, this is a covetable showcase of Alan Kitching's font collection. Each page has been carefully created by Alan Kitching in collaboration with Angus Hyland, making this book a work of art in its own right. Presented as an A to Z, each letter is interspersed with complete alphabets giving the reader access to a large range of fonts to reference in their own work.
Alan Kitching is a world-renowned typographer, designer and letterpress practitioner. He began teaching typography as a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art and taught there until 2006. In 1989 Alan set up The Typography Workshop, producing highly evocative graphic images through wood and metal type, relief printing processes and an assortment of presses. As well as limited edition prints, Alan's work has featured on magazine and book covers, postage stamps, theatre posters, billboards and signage.