Thursday, 29 March 2012
Today is the centenary of Captain Scott’s last journal entry, and therefore in all probability of his death. To mark the occasion a service was ...
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Typographical Boats & Goats
[caption id="attachment_674" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Title page set in Centaur"][/caption] During my time at Folio I’ve designed and typeset approximately sixty titles. Each time work ...
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Typographical Boats & Goats
[caption id="attachment_674" align="alignleft" width="202" caption="Title page set in Centaur"][/caption] During my time at Folio I’ve designed and typeset approximately sixty titles. Each time work ...
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Tuesday, 13 March 2012
One of the most successful titles in our current programme has been Selected Poems and Prose by Gerard Manley Hopkins, which was beautifully illustrated with ...
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Friday, 9 March 2012
[caption id="attachment_803" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Leonard Rosoman 1913–2012"] [/caption] Leonard Rosoman, who died a few days ago aged 98, was one of the most distinguished artists to ...
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Philip Pullman on illustrating his own story
The Folio edition of The Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass in the US and Canada) includes illustrations drawn by the brilliant Philip Pullman. In this blog, Pullman explains for Folio readers how he created these incredible black-and-white images, and the inspiration behind them.
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Gorgeous Gifts for Students: Celebrate Success with a Folio Edition
It’s that time of year when millions of young people are tentatively peeling open envelopes that will lead them towards the next stage in their life. Whatever the outcome, the years of study and surviving the stressful exam period are worthy of celebration … and what better gift than a beautiful book?
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Illustrating The Innocents Abroad
Award-winning illustrator James Albon captured the eccentricities of Mark Twain’s The Innocents Abroad with a series of stylish colour and black-and-white lino-cuts. Here, Albon shares his artistic process and how he approached this exciting project.