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Rampant Lion Press
A Printer’s Dozen: Eleven Spreads from Unrealised Books
Cambridge: Rampant Lion Press, 1993. Stk. Z 232
R17 C993.
‘Fine press printers are forever faced with the dilemma
of content. They are criticized either for squandering their efforts
on minor poetry by their friends, or for endlessly turning out more
versions of the small repertoire of classics whose length makes
them suitable for setting and printing by hand.’
So writes Sebastian Carter, designer and printer of the eleven
spreads of unrealized books in this limited edition Rampant Lion
work. Each of the spreads – from Aesop’s Fables to Lewis
Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland – have their own level
of complexity, in layout and design. One typographic challenge was
Arthur Rimbaud’s Voyelles (Vowels), set in Nord italic and
utilizing wood initials. Carter set one page at a time, with the
red and blind-embossed letters printed together. |