Typefoundries in the Netherlands from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century gehennapress you know how Speedball published

you know how Speedball published books about lettering and calligraphy in order to get people to buy nibs and pens

Drawings of animals and the letters of the latin alphabet

Herbert Bayer

She took good care of us

such as those by Fournier and Bodoni: it is printed only in red and black

Typefoundries in the Netherlands from the Fifteenth to the Nineteenth Century gehennapress you know how Speedball publishedThis is one of the most remarkable books we have. Not only is it a model of typography and bookmaking (aside from the fact that it is giant and weighs ten pounds) but it is incredibly useful. Weve often turned to our copy when looking for good, old Dutch typesor for letters to scan and steal. And since the Dutch were a colonial superpower, they needed types for all sorts of languages so they could conquer with the tongue of the natives. Or sell stuff