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Article: FABER BECKETT COVERS: A2/SW/HK.(Faber and Faber Inc.)(Scott Williams)(Brief article)
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- Creative Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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As part of its 80th anniversary celebrations, Faber & Faber is publishing an extensive series of Samuel Beckett's work, including 18 novels, plays and short stories that will appear over the next two years.
The typographic covers for the series have been designed by London- based studio, A2/SW/HK. Each features a custom-made type treatment and uses a bespoke cover font that comes in four weights, while the book's title runs vertically to allow for the use of large point sizes. Parts of the titles bleed off the edges to add "tension" to the design, according to A2.
"A neutral grey background was ...