P22 Press. Richard Kegler, 25 E. Main St. Suite 125 Rochester, NY, USA. Tel: +1 716 903 6875. Website: https://dry–inc.com/collections/books.
Richard Kegler. A Specimen of Wood Type. P22 Press. 2021. 56 pp. 317 x 241 mm. Monotype Bell on 100lb Arjowiggins Utopia 2 Ivory Matte. Printed on a Vandercook – various models. 95 copies: 75 case-sewn and bound by Kegler in deep-red Asahi book cloth with gold foil-stamping (Nos. 1–37) or in yellow-orange Asahi book cloth with black foil-stamping (Nos. 38–75), end-papers of makeready sheets with multiple layers of ink unique to each copy, covers foil-stamped with the Hamilton Wood Type Collection ‘H’ logo at Boxcar Press in Syracuse, NY., price $599; 20 unbound copies printed as single-sided, unpaginated sheets (suitable for framing) and presented in a clamshell box in blue Asahi cloth made by book artist Leah Mackin, price $699. Features 26 wood type specimens hand-printed between January 2017 and October 2020 with original wood types referenced to digitize the Hamilton Wood Type Collection (HWT) from P22 Type Foundry; descriptive text set and cast in metal type at the Press & Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler; and multicolor layouts to highlight the type designs printed with the actual wood type used to make these revivals.