Augustino da Siena designbriefyear1 Davison didn’t know he was

Davison didn’t know he was making a book of clip art

Eric Gill’s career as an artist began in Ditchling

Bourbeau serving up a goblet of water with warmth and panache

Each letter is a lovely example of the sign-writer’s art even if it doesn’t say anything in particular

but he uses the poster as his signature medium

Augustino da Siena designbriefyear1 Davison didn’t know he wasTo honor Alfred Fairbank on his eightieth birthday in 1975, David R. Godine in the United States and The Merrion Press in England collaborated in publishing this facsimile of the rare and superb writing manual of Augustino da Siena. This is the last of the great writing manuals to be cut in wood, and to examine its place in the continuum of calligraphic manuals and to elucidate its text, Alfred Fairbank, the grand master of calligraphers, has written