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Buchdruckplakate? exhibition poster

Contributed by Dafi Kühne on Apr 7th, 2023. Artwork published in
March 2023
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Buchdruckplakate? exhibition poster 1
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Exhibition posters for a poster show at Museum für Druckkunst in Leipzig, Germany. Letterpress printed in 16 runs, with hand-cut linoleum, hand-set metal type and a photopolymer plate. Nine of these runs are printed with splitf ountains.

The large type in the shape of a question mark is a modified (rounded) version of LL Ruder Plakat, hand-cut in linoleum. The smaller type is hand-set metal type (Anzeigen-Grotesk).

Buchdruckplakate? exhibition poster 2
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Buchdruckplakate? exhibition poster 3
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The larger point size of Anzeigen-Grotesk is set in metal type, the smaller size is set digitally and printed with a photopolymer plate
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The larger point size of Anzeigen-Grotesk is set in metal type, the smaller size is set digitally and printed with a photopolymer plate

Tag line in Akzidenz-Grotesk (metal type)
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Tag line in Akzidenz-Grotesk (metal type)

Metal type lockup for the tag-line
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Metal type lockup for the tag-line

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