Retsop – Drop Caps
A book? A poster? Well it’s both
€30
Retsop – Drop Caps
A book? A poster? Well it’s both
€30
A short story about a girl who, at a certain point, is no longer able to pronounce the letter "w". The text is typeset with Garaldus lead movable type, with a poster on the back printed in silkscreen in two colours. The title is typeset with Semplicità movable type and printed on a glassine paper sleeve. If you read backward the word “poster”, it spells “retsop”.
Concept: Nello Russo (SO–AND–SO)
Illustrations: Dario Quatrini
Texts: Andrew Losowsky
Silkscreen printing: Paolo Berra
Typesetting, letterpress printing: Archivio Tipografico
Paper: Fedrigoni Materica Gesso 180gsm
Sleeve: Fedrigoni GSK
Closed format: 25×17.5 cm
Open format: 50×70 cm
Language: English
Limited edition of 300 hand-numbered copies
Torino, 2013
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