Fleischmann on Punchcutting Boston2023 21 × 29 mm

21 × 29 mm

A weird and beautiful book from the library of Toshi Katayama

Do you know what this is

We’re out of practice

Fleischmann on Punchcutting Boston2023 21 × 29 mmThis 1994 publication is a significant piece of typographic detective work. It centers on a 1766 manuscript discovered by scholar Frans A. Janssen, which provides a rare first person technical account of the art of punchcutting. Janssen concludes the text was written by the legendary German born punchcutter Johann Michael Fleischman. The content is notable for its vigorous defense of counter punches and its sharp, professional sniping at Fleischmans