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BROWSE
“They Called me an Animal” Book
Production Method
Digital
Letterpress
Design
James Gillen
Printing
Ripe Digital
Like an uppercut to the chin, this short-run book by James Gillen delivers a typographic punch with some energetic woodtype typography. Most of the book is typeset in the computer after scanning type specimens from American Wood Type but the cover, contents page, and chapter openers are all typeset in actual wood type and printed on traditional letterpress. That black on black contents page is a knockout. (Ding!).
Client
Self
Quantity Produced
6
Production Cost
–
Production Time
–
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
180 mm × 215 mm (7 in × 8.5 in)
Page Count
116
Paper Stock
Mohawk Superfine / 118gsm
Colourplan / Ebony / 100gsm
Number of Colors
–
Varnishes
–
Binding
Perfect-bound
Typography
Wood type
Project Description
This 116 page book is a conceptual look at the film Raging Bull directed by Martin Scorsese in 1980. It follows the story of Jake LaMotta the former middleweight boxing champion. It focuses on his character flaws that made him such an iconic character.Production Lesson(s)
Letterpress was used thoughout the book but mianly on the contents and chapter pages, it was hand set the traditional way using a variety of type. Only this process would give the correct gritty feel.
Post Author
Armin Vit
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
April 11, 2016
Filed Under
Books
Digital
Letterpress
Tagged with
diy
letterpress
wood type
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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.
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FPO is run with Six Apart’s MovableType
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