The Playbook, 2014, is a sequel to The Workbook, 2010, in which I first explored alternative symbols for fricatives and the opportunities it provided for re-imagining the alphabet. Setting type by hand, letter by letter, invites revery, and this book is the result of following the revery wherever it leads, finding or creating and setting the sorts of used for th throughout history, taking an ancient or new path.
The book was letterpress printed by Harsimus Press on a Vandercook proof press, onto Zerkall and Hahnemuhle papers from a variety of types and illustrated with linocuts. Bound in cloth with a paper label.
