Westvaco Inspirations for Printers, No. 96 spacetype Keep your inspirations diverse

Keep your inspirations diverse

An exacting classical typographer working with the tools of his time to make timeless books for the trade

We pulled out this book for inspiration and stole some ideas

Morison discusses twenty different faces

contributions by well-known figures (including a preface by John Morgan and an interview with Robin Kinross)

Westvaco Inspirations for Printers, No. 96 spacetype Keep your inspirations diverseLaunched in 1925 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, Westvaco Inspirations for Printers served as a premier promotional house organ showcasing paper stocks, ink capabilities, and diverse printing processes. Before Bradbury Thompsons modernist art direction began in 1939, issues from the mid 1930s (like this one) functioned primarily as rich, eclectic trade anthologies. Rather than avant garde typographic experimentation, these layouts