TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnston, Simon, 
AU  - Holt, Mark, 
AU  - Burke, Michael, 
AU  - Muir, Hamish, 
TI  - Octavo Redux 1:1 
A record of Octavo, journal of typography 1986–1992
SN  - 9780995666450
U1  - 686.22 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - London
PB  - Eight Five Zero
N1  - Unit Editions edition 740
N2  - Compiling all eight issues of Octavo, journal of typography, published in the 1980s and 90s, in actual size. The book has been designed and edited by two of Octavo’s original designers and editors – Hamish Muir and Mark Holt. The book also documents covers and spreads from the full-scale working prototypes made by 8vo during the design process for each issue of Octavo, as well as subscription cards, subscription card mock-ups and the notorious eighth issue of Octavo (the ‘interactive’ CD-ROM) is also documented, including its packaging. The pre-desktop computer production processes employed in the early issues of Octavo, are documented by showing selected type specifications and proof mark-ups for in-position page-make-up typesetting systems. These often resulted in long ‘discussions’ with the typesetters, conducted via bike messengers, red pen, highlight markers and Tipp-Ex
ER  -