What is Reading For?
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"Reading could have a rich and interesting future, because it does have a rich and interesting past. But if no one remembers that past, it may not mean much to the future."
This succinct and thoughtful essay is the text of a talk commissioned for a symposium entitled The Future of Reading which was held at RIT in June 2010. Written and designed by Robert Bringhurst, this limited edition is carefully crafted and letterpress printed. Printed on Mohawk Ticonderoga paper.
ROBERTBRINGHURST was the 2016 recipient of the RIT Frederic W. Goudy Award for Typographic Excellence.
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The is book exhibits all the best of what the humble paperback can offer – a second color, generous space between the lines, a proper colophon telling us what the materials of the book are made from, and a format that sits well in the hands. Adding to that, Bringhurst’s essay has the best of him on show – as much down to earth as intelligent, as much emotionally engaged as cannily perceptive, in a tone that talks to the reader rather than at the reader. It's a terrific book. - Alan Loney
