From Drew Bink­ley comes the Typog­ra­phy Decon­struct­ed Let­ter­press Poster, print­ed by Stu­dio on Fire on 16″ x 24″ Crane Let­tra Pearl paper.

Talk with some­one that’s worked with move­able type, and chances are you’ll hear some­thing about the kiss. You may also hear that the mod­ern prac­tice of let­ter­press, using pho­topoly­mer plates, is void of the kiss. Most mod­ern let­ter­press work has no kiss at all, but more of a deboss­ing. A def­i­nite effect, typ­i­cal­ly on thick impres­sion­able stock. Some don’t like the absence of the kiss but that does­n’t mean it can’t be done with mod­ern equip­ment.

Drew’s poster was def­i­nite­ly done the mod­ern way. But the deep impres­sion looks good on the large type, per­haps set upwards of 72 point. I would have set the small type kissed, but you know… the price of pro­duc­tion is always a con­sid­er­a­tion. Con­tent-wise it shows the basics of let­ter form and terms with a few old eso­teric names like quaint and lobe. Some of the def­i­n­i­tions could use more detail but most do for explain­ing the con­cepts in sim­ple terms.

Also, it’s set in Adobe Caslon. Not a bad choice at all.

Leave it to me to nit­pick, I found a few details that could use a lit­tle work. Most peo­ple would­n’t see them though. I’ll leave them to be dis­cov­ered.

Typog­ra­phy Decon­struct­ed, $100 *

* Drew was nice enough to offer Type Desk read­ers $10 off the poster with the use of a pro­mo code: TypeDeskMarch2011 through the end of March.