Digital Books and Electronic Printing
07/August/2008 Filed in:
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Long ago, when trying to revitalise the press at Stanbrook, I experimented with eBooks. Not the "Get Rich Quick" kind you can download from a thousand dodgy sites on the web, but books that were artistically and typographically interesting: electronic Fine Printing, if you like, at a supremely affordable price. Since moving to Hendred I haven't had time to carry the experiment further, but I regularly use Issuu for the parish newsletter so I thought we might do the same on this web site. Therefore, drumroll, our first offering is a little booklet we printed a couple of years ago in honour of Our Lady and as a small gift for Friends and Benefactors. I was first alerted to the classical beauty of Robert Slimbach's typefaces by John Dreyfus, who was generous in giving encouragement although he never saw this particular booklet and might have smiled at one or two elements, especially the retro features of the design. But we work with what we have, not what we don't. The printer's flowers used here and there bear no comparison with the wonderful variety and quality to be found in letterpress, nor are the swashed letters all that might be desired. Electronic printing is still in its infancy, however, and I'm sure we'll see great things in the future. To view Lady Flower, follow this link.