Alphabets of Wood
Luigi Melchiori archive
Year
2014
Type
Book, essay
Technical data
f.to mm 215 x 250,
Offset printing with letterpress abstract
printed by Atena Nebiolo
with original wood typefaces,
Cardboard
Inserts in Fedrigoni paper Arcoprint, 120 g
Authors
James Clough, Chiara Scattolin
Copies
750 (italian edition) + 750 (english edition)
Cost
€ 50,00
Alphabets of Wood is the first research on the Italian history of wood typefaces. The Luigi Melchiori archive, preserved at Tipoteca, was a starting point to go deep into the history of wood typeface factories. To enrich the volume, we chose to insert two posters with original typefaces from the archive.
