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Correspondence in D Minor Book
Production Method
Letterpress
Offset
Design
Rigsby Hull
Designers: Lana Rigsby, Carmen Garza
Printing
Workhorse Printmakers
Wetmore Printing
A challenging letterpress cover, and a consistent color interior make this small run book a crafter’s pride in the technical minutia that separate it from others like it.
Client
James Dennis / Stephen F. Austin Press
Quantity Produced
250
Production Cost
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Production Time
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Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
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Page Count
80
Paper Stock
110C
Number of Colors
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Varnishes
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Binding
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Typography
Cloister
Project Description
Correspondence in D Minor is Texas novelist James R. Dennis’ debut as a poet. (Along with two friends, James co-authors the Miles Arceneaux mystery series.) Many of the poems in this book are written as fictional letters to or from literary, historical or Biblical figures. Pre-release reviews are effusive: Texas Poet Laureate Rosemary Catacalos cites the collection’s âfine, leavening humor and compelling engagement with the mystery of being alive—author Noel Crook calls the book "a humdinger of a debut".Production Lesson(s)
This limited edition book of 250 is more complex than just black ink on white paper. Matching black letterpress ink to the offset-printed text pages—while maintaining the depth we were looking for—initially proved challenging. Keeping the ink even across the large "D" on the front cover without smashing the smaller type also were challenges to solve. Master craftsman, John Earls, at Workhorse worked through each issue we moved through the run.The materials for the book, the paper, end sheets and foil stamp each lend elegant and tactile punctuation to an otherwise beautiful, understated design.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
September 6, 2016
Filed Under
Books
Letterpress
Offset
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Cloister
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FPO (For Print Only), is a division of UnderConsideration, celebrating the reality that print is not dead by showcasing the most compelling printed projects.
FPO uses Fonts.com to render Siseriff and Avenir Next.
FPO is run with Six Apart’s MovableType
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