Under flickering fluorescent lights are cabinets with many thin drawers. The labels on them read “Helvetica” and “Garamond.” Here, in the dank bowels of a building on Granville Street, the Dawson collection is housed in more than a thousand of these drawers. Each holds various type—little metal or wood letters that have to be arranged […]
Publishing
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Gaspereau Press reduces staff and books published
One of the most unique publishers in Canada, and a local treasure, Gaspereau Press, announced today that they’re reducing staff and the number of books planned for their upcoming season. Gaspereau treats each book like a art piece, or an object, with letter-pressed covers, smyth-sewn and bound. I can’t imagine it’s a lucrative business, but […]