Alphabeticum
By: Werner Pfeiffer
Contributors: Pear Whistle Press
Publisher: Pear Whistle Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Red Hook, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Alphabets; Specimens; Printing; Type and type-founding; Artists' books
Other titles: Werner Pfeiffer Alphabeticum
Description: Symmetic abstract designs created by manipulating the 26 letters of the alphabet in various typefaces.
Notes: "Limited edition of 52 signed and numbered copies"--Colophon.

Rare Book copy: No. 7.

Loose leaves of experimental alphabet designs (one leaf per letter), issued in custom-made clam shell box.

"Many of the designs enclosed were originally hand stamped, later enlarged and then cut in linoleum. Others were just drawn, while some were accidental happenings on the proofing press. In 1965, as a collaboration between its Design and Education Departments, the Museum of Modern Art in New York arranged for an exhibition of some of these experiments. At that time, several national and international magazines published articles about this project. Now, four decades later, this is the first time that a sampling of the eighty or so originals is being editioned"--Leaf [2].

Pamphlet, with title"Addendum", comprises reprint of Pfeiffer's original article on these designs, "Design experiments with type ...," which appeared in Graphis, vol. 19, no. 109 (1963).

"Alphabeticum was published in 2006 by Pear Whistle Press, Red Hook, NY 12571. It was printed on a Vandercook proof press in a limited edition of 52 signed and numbered copies. Some of the images are pulled from linoleum cuts, others are relief plates made from the original designs and drawings. Paper: Stonehenge, white, 240 lbs. Type: Clarendon, set by hand, with Bembo Italic"--Colophon

"Some of the images are pulled from linoleum cuts, other are relief plates made from the original designs and drawings"--Colophon.

In slipcase.