The reissue we curated of Aldo Novarese’s 1964 book on the history of writing systems and the evolution of type. It includes a Reader’s Guide to this third reissue featuring bilingual contextualizing essays and the English translation of the original book. Discover the full project on the dedicated mini-site.

Concept: Lorenzo Bolzoni Art Direction, Graphic Design: Studio 23.56 Project team: Lorenzo Bolzoni, Matilde Argentero, Archivio Tipografico Translation: Alta L. Price Printing: Grafiche Antiga, Italia With the support of: Bottega Fagnola, Fedrigoni Paper: Fedrigoni Arena Ivory Smooth, Natural Rough, Savile Row Plain Dark Grey Format: 17×24 cm Language: Italian and English Third Edition (1200 copies) Torino, 2020