Rightness and Lightness: Thoughts on the Book as Object of Use designbrief the Society’s dedicated membership over

the Society’s dedicated membership over the years has included the likes of Dwiggins

It’s a lovely typographic solution to an image that’s unfriendly to lettering and type

A great copy of a scarce item

It is a stunning and humbling compilation of over 1

and iconic commercial designs that successfully integrated hand-lettering with modern typography

Rightness and Lightness: Thoughts on the Book as Object of Use designbrief the Society’s dedicated membership overHeres another Jost Hochuli we lovebut this time we love it not for the design and production (although they are very fine)but for the thoughts of bookbinder Franz Zeier on the topic of books made in the service of something greater than themselves. Composed of short, easily digestible notes about every aspect of bookmaking, its an easy and motivating read. And it is annoyingly uncommon. We were gifted a copy ages ago, and this is only the second copy