The portfolio contains the 26 letters of the alphabet, all lowercase, etched into copper plates with aquatint and printed with a Niyodo Kozo chine collé on custom Twinrocker hand-made paper. They were printed and published by master printer James Stroud at Center Street Studio. The 26 letters are Carter’s own favorites from typefaces designed by him in a wide variety of styles, both historically-derived and contemporary. Some are from existing typefaces, some from type designs still in work.
Matthew Carter has been working with type since leaving school 60 years ago. Among his most familiar designs are the screen fonts Verdana and Georgia. Seven of his typefaces are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was made a MacArthur Foundation Fellow in 2010.
The portfolios were printed in an edition of 52 on sheets of Twin Rocker hand-made paper measuring 14 x 14 inches.
Several copies have already found their way into museum collections here and abroad.
Please visit http://www.centerstreetstudio.com/matthew-carter to see details and descriptions of each letter contained in the portfolio.
