Letterforms Study Group: Corsivo Inglese in Caratteri—The Specimen Book
Danielle Facchin, recently retired Tipoteca technician, looking at the finished Corsivo Inglese specimen book while Henri-Paul Bronsard looks on. Richard Ardagh is in the background. Photograph by Paul Shaw 2025.
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Binding design and book format by Richard Ardagh. Design concept and direction by Paul Shaw. Title page design and interior typography by Paul Shaw (with help from Riccardo De Franceschi, Earl Kallemeyn, and Lucio Botteselle). Typesetting by Earl Kallemeyn, Yasmin Rodriguez, Henri-Paul Bronsard, Josse Pickard, and Gabriella Miyares. Design and typography of fold-out pages by Earl Kallemeyn and Josse Pickard; Henri-Paul Bronsard and Gabriella Miyares; Janet Elliott and Yasmin Rodriguez; and Riccardo De Franceschi and Erin Roche. Translation help from Sandro Berra. Paper donated by Fedrigoni. Printing on the hand press by Richard Ardagh; printing on the cylinder presses by Lucio Botteselle, Earl Kallemeyn, Josse Pickard, Riccardo De Franceschi, and Erin Roche.
Edition of 25 copies.
To page through—and unfold—the completed Corsivo Inglese specimen book produced during the workshop at the Tipoteca click on the link below. The PDF is downloadable.
For additional photographs of the finished book see Richard Ardagh’s Instagram account.
Letterforms Study Group: Corsivo Inglese in Caratteri—Addendum 1: Stocchetti 004–006
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