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Pchnąć w tę łódź jeża lub ośm skrzyń fig.
Victor jagt zwölf Boxkämpfer quer über de
großen Sylter Deich. Ma la volpe, col suo b
ha raggiunto il quieto Fido. Češće ceđenje
mrežastim džakom poboljšava fertilizaciju
genskih hibrida. El veloz murciélago hind
comía feliz cardillo y kiwi. La cigüeña toca
el saxofón detrás del palenque de paja.
Pijamalı hasta, yağız şoföre çabucak güve
Svo hölt, yxna kýr þegði jú um dóp í fé á
bæ. Muļķa hipiji turpat brīvi mēģina noga
celofāna žņaudzējčūsku. Įlinkdama fecht
špaga sublykčiojusi pragręžė apvalų
arbūzą. Vår sære Zulu fra badeøya spilte
whist og quickstep i min taxi. Bând whis
jazologul șprițuit vomă fix în tequila.
Gojazni đačić s biciklom drži hmelj i finu
vatu u džepu nošnje. Kŕdeľ šťastných
ďatľov učí pri ústí Váhu mĺkveho koňa
obhrýzať kôru a žrať čerstvé mäso. Šer
bo za vajo spet kuhal domače žgance.
Further reading
CHAMARET, Sandra & GINESTE, Julien & MORLIGHEM, Sébastien. Roger Excoffon et la Fonderie Olive, Ypsilon Éditeur, 2010
BLAKESLEY, Rosalind. The arts and crafts movement, Phaidon Press, 2006
FRAYLING, Christopher. David Mellor master metalworker, David Mellor Design, 2006
GERSTNER, Karl. Designing programmes, Lars Müller Publishers, 2007
DA BOLL, Raymond & JONES, E. Willis et al. The book of Oz Cooper, The Society of Typographic Arts, 1949
OXMAN, Rivka & OXMAN, Robert. ‘The new structuralism’, Architectural Design, No. 206, Wiley, 2010
RAULT, David. Roger Excoffon le gentleman de la typographie, Atelier Perrousseaux éditeur, 2011
RENNHOFER, Maria. Koloman Moser master of Viennese modernism, Thames & Hudson, 2002
ZAPF, Hermann. About alphabets: some marginal notes on type design, The Typophiles, 1960
Fenland text and images (unless otherwise stated) copyright © 2012 Jeremy Tankard
Paintings by Keith Roper http://keithroper.wordpress.com/
Cover Late Summer Nocton Fen, 2005, detail
Reproduced with kind permission of the artist
Booklet designed by Jeremy Tankard
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