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“Mister F” Letterpress Mini-book
Production Method
Letterpress
Design
Angel Bomb
Todd Thyberg - Designer, Illustrator, Printer
Printing
Angel Bomb
Expertly printed and able to fit in the palm of your hand when closed, this book is charming and fun to peruse.
Dimensions (Width × Height × Depth)
2 × 3.25 × .5 in.
Page Count
18
Paper Stock
Gmund / Heidi / Faded Grey / 126# C
Gmund / Heidi / Dull Black / 196# C
Number of Colors
3
Varnishes
–
Binding
Accordion bound - glued
Typography
Hand lettered title
Ugly Qua Regular
Ugly Qua Italic
Project Description
There was a horror themed gallery show titled, "It's Alive" celebrating the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" and I wanted to enter. Having grown up reading classic horror tales from Lovecraft and Poe, I knew I wanted to create a book that was a compact retelling of "Frankenstein". I’d had my eyes on a vintage cigarette machine so I had the idea to create a very small book that fit inside a cigarette-sized box, allowing people to vend the book themselves. I developed an accordion fold book that fit inside a custom box designed to look like a leather-bound book.Production Lesson(s)
Pre-planning and making lots of mockups is key when making a book. Determining score lines and dimensions of the folded pages is key, especially when making an accordion fold.
Post Author
Bryony Gomez-Palacio
Editor of FPO and co-founder of UnderConsideration LLC.
More: Online / On Twitter
Date Published
August 4, 2017
Filed Under
Books
Letterpress
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Gmund
hand-lettereing
letterpress
self-promotion
Ugly Qua
About
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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UnderConsideration is a graphic design firm generating its own projects, initiatives, and content while taking on limited client work. Run by Bryony Gomez-Palacio and Armin Vit in Bloomington, IN. More…
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