Printer's Devil: The Life and Work of Frederic Warde
Language: English
Published by David R Godine, Boston, 2008
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A New in all respects, no jacket as issued, clean and unmarked. First edition stated. From Wikipedia: Frederic Warde (1894 1939) was a printer, type designer, and typographic designer. One of the great book designers of the twentieth century, Will Ransom described him as "a curious blend of romantic idealism and meticulous practicality." In describing his own work, Warde stated, "The innermost soul of any literary creation can never be seen in all its clarity and truth until one views it through the medium of the printed page, in which there must be absolutely nothing to divide the attention, interrupt the thought, or to offend one's sense of form." Most items ship with tracking numbers and(generally over $15.00) jacket protectors if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
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- Title
- Printer's Devil: The Life and Work of Frederic Warde
- Author
- Simon Loxley
- Publisher
- David R Godine, Boston
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- no jacket, as issued
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1567923674
- ISBN 13
- 9781567923674
- Edition
- illustrated edition.
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
The biography of a central figure in the final era of hot-metal composition and printing
The book and type designer Frederic Warde is remembered today chiefly for his collaboration with Stanley Morison, for producing the singular typeface Arrighi. His life was short (he died in 1939, at the age of only forty-five) but in the previous two decades he had pursued a peripatetic, rollercoaster career that saw him come into contact with most of the leading players in his field, in England, Europe, and America: Bruce Rogers, Mardersteig, Updike, Ruzicka, George Macy, William Kittredge, and, of course, Morison, are just a few of a stellar cast of characters whose lives intersected with his orbit.
Until now, as it was scantily documented, Warde is the missing piece in the story of design, type, and printing in the interwar years, and this book will make essential reading for anyone interested in that critical period, one that saw the end of hot-metal and the emergence of graphic design as a distinct profession. Warde laid many false trails about his personal history, but the author has drawn upon a surprisingly large body of surviving documentation to piece together a fascinating picture of his life and of the complex, frustrating, sometimes dislikeable, but often inspiring, figure at its center.
The best of Warde’s extensive body of work displays a restraint and economy linked with an often striking color sense that feels thoroughly modern in its approach. This output was maintained, sometimes erratically, against the backdrop of Warde’s mercurial and fragmented professional and personal life. Polarizing the opinions of those he met, he was unfailingly a prolific, entertaining, and informed letter writer, and his correspondence provides invaluable insights into his world and those around him. Here is a designer’s life played out against the backdrop of the boom years of the 1920s, the challenges of the Depression, and the obstacles and opportunities created by his own remarkable, but troubled, genius.
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About the Author
Simon Loxley is a graphic designer and a writer on design, typography, and design history. He is the founding editor of Ultrabold magazine.
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