Matthew Carter: a–z portfolio designandstyle and it shows his ruled

and it shows his ruled pencil lines—and even multiple takes at his signature in the lower right corner

Picture this: Two important printers come together to create a new super group

Philip Grushkin (1921–1998) was a calligrapher

color printing (including something they call “wax engraving”)

Written as an anecdotal first-person account

Matthew Carter: a–z portfolio designandstyle and it shows his ruledThis boxed portfolio of prints by Matthew Carter contains the twenty six lowercase letters of the Latin alphabet. Etched into copper plates and hand printed by James Stroud, these are Matthews favorite letters from his own typefaces. Some are from existing faces, some from type designs still in development. The portfolio includes an X page booklet in which Matthew writes about these designs and where they came fromand these short essays are as