John Gall: Untitled (no date) typespecimen and type designer (most recently

and type designer (most recently covered in this fantastic book)

and were available for the enjoyment and edification of the staff of his legendary scholarly press in Lunenburg

prepared by a team at the top of their game

it’s a lovely little thing suitable for framing and/or tattooing

Update: This will now be accompanied by an English translation by Inge Druckrey

John Gall: Untitled (no date) typespecimen and type designer (most recentlyJohn Gall is the creative director for the publisher Alfred A. Knopf, designing and overseeing the design of hundreds of book covers each year. In an effort to forget what he knew about design, in 2008 he began to make collages for his own pleasure. While collage had long been part of his work as a designer, this piece is not related to any book or design problem. It is simply about seeing what might happen when something is added, taken away, or