Die drei Thannhaeuser Schriften mailscrewup a German painter

a German painter

Do we really have to type out a description of this book

pointing out the design credit “Ventura” and that the logo was designed by Pino Tovaglia

But it’s from the de luxe edition of 120 copies printed on fancy paper and with an extra suite of broadsides printed from some of the American proprietary types in question

As with all the Aspen volumes

Die drei Thannhaeuser Schriften mailscrewup a German painterThe artists name here (Herbert Thannhaeuser) means more than a designation; it is a declaration, the sign of a formal will that, undeterred by commonplace taste, must shape its own expression. Those who have learned to understand the unwritten laws of typography must create new forms so that writing does not ossify in conventions, so that printed works can break free from their formulaic uniformity, and so that meaningful typography can serve the word