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.
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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
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He re-lettered his blackletter samples.pic.twitter.com/1aw6LfjtTm
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He re-lettered entire lockups.pic.twitter.com/n5xf3tJ3Zq
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He re-lettered his Caslon italic samples.pic.twitter.com/7ec4JsCceH
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He even re-lettered his characterful script samples.pic.twitter.com/nTVf4uyHjD
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And he re-did the title pages for each section as well.pic.twitter.com/SgeSdfp4Sh
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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
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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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You could do blind A:B tests with people!
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