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Help type designer and book artist Russell Maret make a new proprietary metal type family to use in his books.

Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese

Help type designer and book artist Russell Maret make a new proprietary metal type family to use in his books.
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Russell Maret
Russell Maret

354 backers pledged $47,382 to help bring this project to life.
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Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese Rewards

Hi everyone,

There seems to be a little confusion about the rewards delivery for Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese. Although the expected delivery date of the rewards was November 2012, I... Read more

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First Casting of Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese

Sorry it has been so long since my last update. Micah is nearly done with the first trial casting of Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese. Once I receive the casting, I... Read more

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Matrix Engraving Completed!

Last week Micah finished engraving all 186 matrices for Gremolata and Cancellaresca Milanese. This week he will begin the arduous process of fitting the matrices so that they will be... Read more

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Upcoming Events

In the coming month I will be speaking in New York City, Washington DC, and Chicago, as well as exhibiting at the Oak Knoll Fest in New Castle, Delaware. All... Read more

Engraving continues

After a relatively slow summer in which Micah & Chelsea got to know their beautiful new baby daughter, matrix engraving is under way full swing on Gremolata and Cancellaresca Milanese.... Read more

Matrix engraving has begun

After a month of preparing the brass planchets and cutting tools, Micah has begun engraving the matrices. Once the first five matrices were engraved, Micah made a trial casting of... Read more

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Alphabetical Fetishist T-Shirts Shipping

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Patterns Arrive!

The Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese patterns arrived yesterday at the Dale Guild. Now it's just a question of 3 or 4 months of backbreakingly precise work & we'll be good... Read more

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Correct Blog Address

Someone pointed out that there was a typo in my blog address from update#9. The correct address is:

www.russellmaret.blogspot.com

Thank you, Michael.

Russell

The Finish Line (sort of)

Thanks for making our Kickstarter campaign such a resounding success. With our final total coming in at over $47,000, Gremolata & Cancellaresca Milanese is the "most funded" graphic design project... Read more

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Successfully raised $47,383 USD with 354 backers

Interview with Micah Currier and Dan Morris

A brief interview I conducted with Micah and Dan is up on Susan Mills's Bookbinding Now website.

http://www.bookbindingnow.com/

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Final Character Set Ready for Patterns

With just two weeks left of the Kickstarter campaign Micah and I will meet this afternoon to lay out the character patterns from which he will engrave the matrices. As... Read more

The Gremolata and Cancellaresca Milanese "F" Characters

Now that we are safely above our funding goal I am beginning the preliminary file preparations so that Micah will be able to get to work as soon as the... Read more

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New $50 Premium: the Alphabetical Fetishist t-shirt

For those of you ready to wear your Alphabetical Fetishism proudly, this is the shirt for you!

Cheers, Russell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/76040723@N03/6777446578/in/photostream/

Russell & Micah Speaking at Center for Book Arts, NYC February 22nd

For those of you in the New York metro area, Micah and I will be giving a talk and slide presentation about our collaboration at the Center for Book Arts,... Read more

Help Spread the Word. New Goal: $37,000

Hi everyone,

Thank you for making our launch such a dizzying success. When Micah and I first decided to try funding this project on Kickstarter, we set our goal at... Read more

Fully funded in 7.5 hours!

Thanks everyone.

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