Anthony Froshaug: Typography & texts / Documents of a life edited by Robin Kinross, 2000 [Hyphen Press, Out of Print]

Anthony Froshaug: Typography & texts / Documents of a life edited by Robin Kinross, 2000. Out of Print. Hyphen Press, London, England. 9.5 x 6.75, two volumes, sewn paperback in cardboard slipcase, 528 pages and illustrated with (273) black and white and (86) color images. Designed and typeset by Robin Kinross (with advice from Karel Martens; one of his heroes). Printed in the Netherlands.

”One of the most intelligent, superbly thorough, engrossing and important design books to be published in years.” — Rick Poynor, writer, founding editor of Eye

“These two volumes present the life and work of the essential, English typographer Anthony Froshaug (1920–84); too little known outside his circle of friends and students. Froshaug was a deep and charismatic thinker-practitioner, whose insights return us to the fundamentals of typography.” — Hyphen Press. This book includes two linked volumes: 

• Typography & texts concerns the work of Froshaug including: a substantial introduction; Froshaug’s work as a designer and printer; his writings on typography; and a catalog of his work, bibliographies and index of names.
• Documents of a life is a sequence of texts and images, with annotations by Kinross. It covers the span of Froshaug’s life as a child, student, designer and teacher; a documentary monograph of what was recorded and what survives.

Be sure to read the complete Contents and Synopsis at Hyphen Press as well as the meticulous Material Words which describes in great detail, the process of how the book was made. Fine volumes in a very good or better slipcase. A significant book; now out of print and highly recommended!