Into Print. The Selected Writings of John Dreyfus

Selected Writings on Printing History, Typography and Book Production

Publisher: David R. Godine. Boston. 1995.  340 pp

Dreyfus' writings span the period of 1950 - 1994.

Designed by John Trevitt and composed and printed at the Stamperia Valdonega under the supervision of Martino Mardersteig. 

The book was set in Dante VAL, a special PostScript version of Monotype Dante digitised by Stamperia Valdonega from hot metal casting.

Printed on Arcoprint paper made by Fedrigoni, Verona.

An extensive selection of articles covering typographers, type design and manufacture, private presses, exhibitions and speculations. Appearing and discussed, among others, are Baskerville, The Cranach Press, Giovanni Mardersteig, Jan Tschichold, Stanley Morison, Jan van Krimpen, Bruce Rogers, Gutenberg, …

A very fine, elegant production in good binding and lovely paper stock.