The Heavy Duty Press. Michael Koppa. E10650 Old HWY 56, Viola, WI 54664, USA. Tel: +1 6086065854. Website: https://heavydutypress.com
Augustine Maxwell Jones. Understanding This Book. 2023. 20 pages. 279 x 229 mm. Franklin Gothic on Hahnemühle Biblio and Hahnemühle Ingres with 4 photographs by Koppa, giclee printed on Hahnemühle Photo Rag inside cover. Printed on a Vandercook SP15. 18 copies bound with a pamphlet stitch in Photo Rag 300 gsm, tucked in a Hahnemühle Bugra jacket, stiffened with board, no adhesive, price: $400. Typographical documentation of cleaning and organizing type purchased from a retired commercial printer in 1995, presented in a 20-page book featuring every last sort from nine California job cases of ATF Franklin Gothic typefaces, and arranged according to a variety of strategies only likely to occur when composing metal types by hand.