Octavo 88.5, International Journal of Typography edited by Simon Johnston, Mark Holt, Michael Burke and Hamish Muir, August 1988. Published by Eight Five Zero (8vo), London, UK. 11.75 x 8.25, pp. 16 with English text.
Designed, published and self-financed in an edition of 3,000 copies as an eight issue series between 1986 and 1992. Distinct and influential, “Octavo arose from a genuine desire to develop a forum for matters related to typographic design, both historical and contemporary. And it was an opportunity to be openly critical of the complete absence of any European sensibility in British typography.” (8vo: On the Outside, Lars Müller, 2005).
Illustrated throughout with photographs and work examples. As with all volumes, this fifth “lower-case” issue features excellent, thoughtful and critical texts:
- Large and small letters: authority and democracy by Robin Kinross
- Lower-case in the Dutch lowlands by Wim Crouwel
- Poetry in lower-case by Peter Mayer
A very good journal with only light wear to the stapled, stiff paper covers and interior pages. With its’ original, good vellum wrinkled printed wrapper. with light toning overall.