typography
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Daniel Matore. The Graphics of Verse: Experimental Typography in Twentieth-Century Poetry.
The first systematic study of typographical experimentation in twentieth-century poetry, this book highlights the often overlooked role of typography in shaping poetic meaning and form.
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Gavin Edwards. The Case of the Initial Letter: Charles Dickens and the Politics of the Dual Alphabet.
a christmas carol? How does the change in capitalization impact our reading of the text? Gavin Edwards’s The Case of the Initial Letter: Charles Dickens and the Politics of the…
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John Boardley. Typographic Firsts: Adventures in Early Printing
For centuries, humans have been surrounded by printed material. It is easy to ignore that certain typographic elements we take for granted now were, at some point, a novelty. John…
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Nancy Stock-Allen, Carol Twombly: Her Brief but Brilliant Career in Type Design
Nancy Stock-Allen’s book is an unapologetic homage (“Her brief but brilliant career in type design” is the subtitle) to the work of type designer Carol Twombly, whose career bridged the…
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Theo Rosendorf. The Typographic Desk Reference
Theo Rosendorf. The Typographic Desk Reference. 2nd ed. Forward by Erik Spiekermann. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. 350p. ISBN 9781584563119. $45.00 (hardcover); $25.00 (paperback). This extensive desk reference is divided…
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Stephan Füssel, ed. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, no. 92
Stephan Füssel, ed. Gutenberg-Jahrbuch, no. 92. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2017. 288 p. ISBN 9783447108324. EUR 75.00. Frustrating as the delayed arrival of this volume was, it had the effect of whetting my…
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Konstantinos Staikos. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and His Greek Collaborators (c. 1494-1515)
Konstantinos Staikos. The Greek Editions of Aldus Manutius and His Greek Collaborators (c. 1494-1515). Trans. Katerina Spathi. New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2016. xv, 293 p., ill. ISBN 9781584563426.…
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Carl Dair. Epistles to the Torontonians, with Articles from Canadian Printer and Publisher
Carl Dair. Epistles to the Torontonians, with Articles from Canadian Printer and Publisher. William Ross, Introduction, and Rod McDonald, Notes. Toronto and New Castle, Delaware: Coach House Press with Sheridan…