This album by Ethiopian jazz keyboardist Hailu Mergia was designed by Daniel Kent assisted by Callum Abbott and Mei Lenehan. It is the recording of the live concert by Mergia and his band at Pioneer Works on 1 July 2016. The project was made in collaboration with the Awesome Tapes From Africa label.

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The green banderole shows text in Saol Display Bold with Saol Text Monospaced. The track names appear to be in Franklin Gothic, and the small print in Courier or similar.

From publisher Pioneer Works:

How can we co-opt digital tools to build a more beautiful future? In the spring of 2020—amidst a global pandemic, economic depression, and transformational movement for racial equity—we talked to artists and activists about tech’s potential to help reinvent our shared realities. Published by Pioneer Works Press in collaboration with The Creative Independent and Are.na, Software for Artists Book: Building Better Realities is edited by Willa Köerner, and features contributions from Salome Asega, Stephanie Dinkins, Grayson Earle, ann haeyoung, Rindon Johnson, Ryan Kuo, and Tsige Tafesse—plus 47 Digital Diary entries from our community.

This book was made collaboratively with Pioneer Works' Tommy Martinez and Daniel Kent, with help from Leo Shaw and Charles Broskoski of Are.na. For the typography, Daniel Kent used BallPill by Benoît Bodhuin, paired with Suisse Works and Suisse Int’l from Swiss Typefaces.

Softcover, 128 pages, 120×210mm

Sorry You Couldn’t Make It is the 23rd(!) full-length album from legendary soul musician Swamp Dogg, released today by Joyful Noise Recordings and Pioneer Works Press.

Different editions of the album feature variations on packaging, and some come with extra tracks on a separate disk, but they all make prominent use of typefaces with horizontal stress, namely Manicotti and Clifton. A booklet accompanying the limited edition from Pioneer Works and some smaller text on the labels also features Buffon.