Curious about the rest of his work, I searched to see if he had published any other books. And it turns out he had published another book years beforehand, called ‘Lettering’. So I ordered that one too.pic.twitter.com/ywUN7XJtSJ
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Curious about the rest of his work, I searched to see if he had published any other books. And it turns out he had published another book years beforehand, called ‘Lettering’. So I ordered that one too.pic.twitter.com/ywUN7XJtSJ
When it arrived I was initially a bit disappointed as this older book (published 1939) appeared, at first glance, to be an earlier publication of the same book I already owned.
But thumbing through the pages I noticed… the lettering wasn’t… exactly identical between the two books. And then I realized that… barely any of it was identical.
And then it struck me. For whatever reason, between 1939 and 1955, he redrew every piece of lettering in the ENTIRE BOOK. He redrew upwards of 2000 letterforms. Did they lose the mechanical and he was forced to? Did he just decide he could do better? Was there some other reason?pic.twitter.com/TceAH5E5aW
He re-lettered his blackletter samples.pic.twitter.com/1aw6LfjtTm
He re-lettered entire lockups.pic.twitter.com/n5xf3tJ3Zq
He re-lettered his Caslon italic samples.pic.twitter.com/7ec4JsCceH
He even re-lettered his characterful script samples.pic.twitter.com/nTVf4uyHjD
And he re-did the title pages for each section as well.pic.twitter.com/SgeSdfp4Sh
I imagine we may never know what drove Mr. Cavanagh to redraw an entire 100+ page book on lettering. But I’m glad I ordered the second copy, and discovered the true dedication of this talented lettering artist.pic.twitter.com/ampdef89CH
Does it feel like an improvement…?
Quite honestly both versions are very very good, and I wouldn’t really be able to say one is better than the other. Which adds to the mystery. 
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