THE ROAD RAT / Magazine / Issue 014 / Summer 2023
“The 14th edition of The Road Rat is dedicated entirely to celebrating the greatest race of them all — Le Mans.”
General outline . . .
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I have used a ’20 line Grotesque bold’ wood letter type for the front cover / (20 line = 20 picas) / Typically an English form & a strong poster type based on 19th Century styles
but probably made in the mid 20th Century
The bold type for the back pages is a metal (lead) type at 60 point / it is Grotesque 9 made by Stephenson Blake of Sheffield /
set in Upper & lower case
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
set in 18pt / range left U&lc /
Condensed Sans 5 /
with a smaller 10pt name credit in spaced capitals
CHARLES BAUDRLAIRE
set in 18pt / range left U&lc /
Consort light U&lc / ‘vertically justified’
with a smaller 12pt name credit in spaced capitals
are both founders types by Stephenshon Blake of Sheffield
MARCEL PROUST
set in 18pt /
with an Egyptian slab serif called Antique /
with a smaller 10pt name credit in spaced capitals
all compositions were designed, hand set & proofed on a vandercook cylinder press
at my somerset workshop
initially on newsprint & finally on a 280gsm Somerset Grey printmaking paper
everything was proofed in a very dark greeny-grey (PMS 418)
which i have pre-mixed in a tin & use as my ‘house colour’
