Hello type designers, show me a sign though – I was book hunting trying to find:
The stroke: theory of writing Gerrit Noordzij
Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now Fred Smeijers
I can't get them any more, that's a sign of the times though.
I have contacted Hyphen Press and no future plans to republish, if anyone comes across them on the cheap and not going for crazy money could you please message me.
Regards,
Luke
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What I don't really understand is why Hyphen Press wouldn't reissue a new edition - there seems to be plenty of demand and it fits their portfolio, at least from what I can tell. Any ideas why this would be so?
Guess it's just type design is a niche, rarely are there any good books being published. Only if I got into type design younger I might have been able to get hold of them.
But dammit, I am happy to publish reprints under one of my imprints. There's no reason books should go out of print in a print-on-demand world, no matter how niche they are.
http://editions-b42.com/books/detail-typography/
If you are fluent in French Counterpunch (I'm waiting on feedback if they will print an English version)
http://editions-b42.com/books/contrepoincons/
It’s absurd that in 2016 people have to go to rare book dealers to buy contemporary books about typography. It’s a shame the authors can’t just set up a damned Big Cartel + Pulley store to sell ebooks. Or just do what Jan Middendorp did and make the entire book searchable on Google books.
That’s not what Jan did. That’s what Google did.
Now, does anyone know where to get a used or new copy of Bollnow’s Human Space for a reasonable price?
The Stroke is going down in price to £300 through Abe books, if it's going for retail price than it's in another language.
Counterpunch 2 is in the works.