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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Super-Veloz: Joan Trochut's Modular Modernism and the Dream of Typographic Abundance in Spain, 1930-1955

Super-Veloz: Joan Trochut's Modular Modernism and the Dream of Typographic Abundance in Spain, 1930-1955

Trochut, Joan
Tochilovsky, Alexander
Balius, Andreu

Hardcover

Typography & Calligraphy

Publisher Price: $60.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date December 8, 2026

ISBN13: 9798991621274
Publisher: Letterform Archive Books
Published: Dec 8 2026
Pages: 256
Language: English

The fantastical Spanish letterpress system that made artists of printers and brought movement to moveable type

In late 1930s Barcelona, budding designer Joan Trochut and his father, Etienne, a visionary printer, set out to reimagine the centuries-old medium of letterpress for an age of speed, creative flexibility and visual exuberance. Inspired by modern art and avant-garde printing, Joan devised a typeface unlike any other--one made of hundreds of interchangeable elements that combined to create myriad new alphabets, charming illustrations and an endless supply of original ornaments. Called SuperTipo Veloz (later simply Super-Veloz), the system was beloved by printers throughout Spain before vanishing beneath new waves of technological change.

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