Water Yam by George Brecht
Contributed by Joe Gilmore on Sep 5th, 2026. Artwork published in
June 1963
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License: All Rights Reserved.
George Brecht’s Water Yam (1963) is an artist’s book consisting of around 70 event scores in a box, designed and typeset by George Maciunas on his IBM Executive electric typewriter. (Wikipedia credits Tomas Schmit for the typesetting.)
The font is IBM Registry, one of a series of fonts designed especially for this model of typewriter which use proportional spacing.
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The box with several of the included cards. The box design features letterforms from various sources, some of which were modified. “Arranged by George Brecht” is set in caps from Franklin Gothic Extra Condensed.
