The Faces of Victor Hammer

The Faces of Victor Hammer 20226.5" x 6.5" 40pp hard cover letterpress and pigment printsForeword by Dan ReynoldsEdition of 50 copiesWells College Press – Aurora, New YorkDry Inc. – Rochester, New YorkISBN 978-1-887196-19-2      The finest examples of any of Victor Hammer’s typefaces in use are found in his own limited-edition books that feature elegant compositions with generous leading and understated simplicity.  Hammer’s dedication to and focus on the uncial form occupied many years of his prolific and varied artistic life. The archives of the Wells College Book Arts Center in Aurora, New York, hold the majority of the extant materials related to the making of his typefaces. Various punches, matrices, and trial castings found in this archive have inspired the typefaces presented in this book. The Faces of Victor Hammer features an intimate look at the man through a series of seven black and white photographs taken at Wells College in the 1940s by his friend, fellow Austrian expatri