Please note: All products are made to order. Current production time for typefaces: 8 weeks

'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface
'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface
'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface
'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface
'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface
'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface
'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface

'Amalta' letterpress woodtype typeface

Regular price £189.00

Introducing 'Amalta' - based on designer Vera Evstafieva's own calligraphic studies using a flat brush. Overlapping strokes and terminals are characteristic for Amalta. It features powerful black shapes and vivid counterparts. Includes ligatures, swashes, punctuation and numbers, along with diacritics for use in various languages ( Afrikaans, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, Gaelic (Irish), Galician, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Irish, Javanese, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Macedonian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian and Zulu)

6 line (25.4mm/1 inch) version cut from end grain English hardwood using a combination of modern CNC technology and traditional hand woodworking tools (including an original printers saw), made to English type-high (0.918in or 23.3mm) within plus or minus 0.1mm tolerance, sealed with shellac and hand finished with a traditional polished printing surface.

Available as a 3A capitals scheme (63 letters), 5a lowercase scheme (100 letters) and Numerals (23 blocks). There are also swashes and ligatures to complete the calligraphy look. Please see scheme details on the left.

For a complete breakdown of the typeface please click here (please note the woodtype version has been redrawn to accommodate the nature of letterpress printing).

Langauges, ligatures and swashes are a personal choice - to make things easy when ordering please select a Languages or Ligatures set and I will get in touch to discuss which blocks you would like. Available in sets of 5 blocks.

I can also cut larger sizes or individual letters if you have a particular project in mind - please email what you would like.

A percentage of the sale goes to Vera to encourage her to draw more typefaces!

Materials:
English hardwood, clear shellac

Dimensions:
Each block varies in width however average size is 21mm x 23.3mm x 25.4mm

Made by Mark McKellier. 

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Estimated delivery times: (please note each item is made to order):

Please check the banner at the top of this page for production times and confirm with my production schedule to give you an idea of a delivery date - scroll until you see a clear week.

Postage (Insured and trackable):
UK: Sent by Royal Mail Special Delivery.
International: Sent by DHL.