A Specimen of Wood Type. - 2020

Rochester , New York:: P22 Publications,, 2020.. Folio Edition of 20. Book Edition: Slightly oversized Quarto 9.5 × 12.5"; 56 pages. 26 wood type specimens. Printed on 100lb Arjowiggins Utopia 2 Ivory Matte text paper. 82 hand-press runs in six different print shops. Case sewn and hand-bound in Asahi cloth (red or orange). Foil-stamped cover (gold on red or black on orange). Signed and numbered by Richard Kegler. Folio Edition: Same as Book Edition except specimens and descriptions unbound as individual one-sided plates. Laid in a box hand-bound in blue Asahi cloth with gold foil and spine label. Press Statement: "A tour de force of typographic design and a celebration of American printing innovation,' A Specimen of Wood Type' is a hand-bound, hardcover letterpress printed book by Richard Kegler. It features 26 wood type specimens hand-printed between January 2017 and October 2020 using the original wood types referenced to digitize the Hamilton Wood Type Collection (HWT) from P22 Type Foundry. Multicolor innovative layouts highlight the type designs printed with the actual wood type used to make these revivals are paired up with accompanying descriptive text that was set and cast in metal type by the celebrated Press & Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler of Skaneateles, NY. "Richard Kegler printed the specimens using vintage wood type collections at six locations across the USA. These include the Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum (Two Rivers, WI); Wells Book Arts Center (Aurora, NY); RIT Cary Graphic Arts Collection (Rochester, NY); the Western New York Book Arts Center (Buffalo, NY); Flower City Arts Center (Rochester, NY); and P22 Press (Rochester, NY). The typographic showings vary from one to three colors each for a total of 82 press runs.