Print Production Book
The purpose of this guide is to teach readers methods of print production, yet its visual style is an ode to calligraphic letter forms. Many of the elements are heavily inspired by modern editorial design. However, the structure is broken up by flowing shapes that cannot be contained within the grid. The delicate calligraphic strokes juxtapose boxy paragraphs and rectangular images.
These editorial and calligraphic styles are combined in order to prove that they are not separate. Without calligraphy, art, and written language, the world would not have graphic design. Through modern digital methods, it is often easy to forget where the roots of design stem from. Paper was once made by hand and not in a factory. Printing once required twice the amount of time and effort. Even today’s downloadable typefaces still mimic human handwriting.
