Character traits : an argument for digitally drawn letterforms to be considered a distinct classification of lettering, free from the presumptions of late-industrial typographic manufacturing : accompanied by a suite of plates in which said argument is graphically explored in texts chosen for their relevance to the current state of the world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maret, Russell (Author, book artist.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Russell Maret, MMXIX [2019]
Edition:	Standard edition.
Subjects:	Artists' books > New York (State) > New York > Specimens. Graphic design (Typography) Type and type-founding > Digital techniques. Printing > Specimens. Letters in art. Printing. Type and type-founding. Artists' books. Letterforms. Specimens. Artists' books > New York (State) > New York > 21st century. Artists' books > 2017. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Pisolino. Typefaces (Type evidence) > Pisolino Sans.

Description
Item Description:	The work includes 'The argument', a bound essay (36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 29 x 39 cm) with a section of notes on the plates, and 'The plates', a portfolio of 25 unbound color plates. "Eighty-three copies have been made. The standard edition consists of sixty numbered copies, of which five are proofs; the deluxe of twenty-three copies numbered with Roman numerals, of which three are proofs."--Colophon. "Character Traits was designed and printed by Russell Maret. The Plates were printed on a Brand New etching press manufactured by Conrad Machine Co; The Argument on a Vandercook Universal III and an FAG Control 405. The text is set in Pisolino and Sans Pisolino, both of which were designed by Russell Maret. The text and plate papers were made specially fo the book by Travis Becker at Twinrocker Handmade Paper. The suminagashi paper used on the standard edition binding was made by Tadao Fukuda ... Amy Borezo designed and executed the binding at Shelter Bookworks ..."--Colophon. Accompanied by a folded black and white poster, "Every letterform drawn for Character traits by Russell Maret." The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy is [number] 12 signed by Maret. Purchased for the Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design collection by The Cushing Library.
Physical Description:	1 case (1 volume (36 unnumbered pages), 1 portfolio (25 unnumbered plates)) : illustrations (some color) ; 30 x 40 x 5 cm + 1 sheet (64 x 44 cm, folded to 32 x 22 cm)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
Related Items:	The Cushing Library/Lowman/Book Design copy forms part of the Book Design Section of the Al Lowman Printing Arts Collection and Research Archive.
Place of Publication:	United States -- New York -- New York.