Mandate bramdedoes Godine in the United States

Godine in the United States and The Merrion Press in England collaborated in publishing this facsimile of the rare and superb writing manual of Augustino da Siena

That was over 100 years ago

This binder contains comprehensive specimens of metal typefaces

WorldCat lists only three libraries in the US with possession of this title: NYPL

the light of one of the most powerful figures in 20th-century German book and type design went out

Mandate bramdedoes Godine in the United StatesWhen one works on books about slabs, stencils, shadows, and scripts, one needs a lot of examples around. Like, when Louise Fili was working on Scripts, she picked up this specimen of Robert Hunter Middletons Mandate. It reminds us of a vanilla milkshake. (Man. Could we go for a vanilla milkshake right now.) Not a pretty specimen, but that makes sense: Ludlow faces werent pretty. They were workhorses. That this is from the collection of Louise Fili